Greg Weeks Reemerges with New Album If The Sun Dies
- The Night Temple
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
After a seventeen-year hiatus, acclaimed musician and producer Greg Weeks returns with If The Sun Dies, his seventh solo album and first release since stepping away from music in the late 2000s. Out now via a revived Language of Stone, the album marks a quiet yet powerful reemergence from one of underground folk music’s most distinctive voices. You can now listen to the full here.
A central figure in Philadelphia’s New Weird America movement through his work with Espers, Weeks previously released multiple solo albums, ran Hexham Head recording studio, and founded Language of Stone, which helped launch early releases by artists including Marissa Nadler and Sharon Van Etten. Following the 2008 financial crisis, Weeks stepped away from music to focus on teaching and family.
Written during and after lockdown, If The Sun Dies emerged from a renewed creative surge. Recorded at the rebuilt Hexham Head with longtime collaborators Jesse Sparhawk and Ben McConnell, the album blends cryptic, poetic lyrics with melancholic acoustic guitar, organ, synths, and richly textured electric guitar. Working with restraint and intention, Weeks favors atmosphere and feeling over polish.
The album also serves as the first release from the revived Language of Stone, which Weeks views as a response to what he describes as the dehumanization of modern music production.
"Humanity gets edited straight out of the picture. Language of Stone has always been a place for artists who appreciate the human side of music making.”
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