Violinist Sara Watkins shines on “Where The Long Line Leads,” a new single from Nickel Creek. The track appears on the acclaimed trio’s first album since 2014, Celebrants, which arrives via Thirty Tigers on March 24.
Sara Watkins gathered with bandmates mandolinist Chris Thile and guitarist Sean Watkins at the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville to record the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s A Dotted Line. Nickel Creek tapped longtime collaborator Eric Valentine to produce the 18-track album featuring Mike Elizondo on bass.
“This is a record about embracing the friction inherent in real human connection,” wrote Nickel Creek regarding Celebrants. “We begin the record yearning for and pursuing harmonious connection. We end the record having realized that truly harmonious connection can only be achieved through the dissonance that we’ve spent our entire adult lives trying to avoid.” The three-piece previously previewed their fifth studio album with singles “Holding Pattern” and “Strangers.”
Nickel Creek shared the following about “Where The Long Line Leads”:
“‘Where the Long Line Leads’ is the hardest we’ve ever sang and played on record, perhaps because the subject matter gets us all riled up, as does the harmonic progression, which almost feels like it’s playing tug-o-war with itself under our fingers.”
Watch Nickel Creek’s “Where The Long Line Leads” official performance video below:
Nickel Creek will embark on their first headlining tour in nearly a decade this spring. Scroll below for a full list of the trio’s tour dates and ticketing links.
