Singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson has long been renowned for her singular voice and intimate, exposed music, and has been cited as an important influence for some of today’s biggest indie rock darlings including Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker. Following her 2022 self-titled album, Stevenson today announces a new record, Late Great, out June 27, 2025 on lifelong collaborator Jeff Rosenstock’s Really Records. 

“Laura has always had this supernatural ability to write abstract lyrics that cut straight to your heart,” says Rosenstock, continuing. “but the feeling of perpetual heartbreak on this record is more pointed, universal and vulnerable than anything she’s ever done before and it hits so hard.” 

Case in point is lead single ‘Honey’ which comes alongside a music video edited by Stevenson’s old friend Chris Farren. The song draws influences from Dolly Parton and Townes Van Zandt, building from wistful, spare guitar and vocals to a shoegaze-influenced dreamscape of sparkling guitars and stacked harmonies. “I said in my mix notes (to producer John Agnello) that I wanted it to sound like a thousand angels screaming and crying,” Stevenson says of the song’s devastatingly gorgeous build and eventual release. 

Late Great was recorded and produced with John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Hop Along) in an old church in Marlboro, New York. The album boasts numerous friends and collaborators of Stevenson’s including Sammi Niss (Laura’s longtime drummer, who also plays in Real Estate), James Richardson (on bass and guitars), Shawn Alpay (cello), Kayleigh Goldsworthy (strings), Chris Farren (of Chris Farren) on synths, Kelly Pratt (of Beirut, Arcade Fire, Father John Misty on horns), Mike Brenner (of Magnolia Electric Company/Songs Ohia on pedal steel) and Jeff Rosenstock (piano, guitar, saxophone and arrangements).