Written by Brent Clifton

Chicago’s own Bill MacKay released the captivating track “Keeping in Time” from his upcoming album Locust Land. Set for a late May release, The album will be a follow-up to his 2019 work Fountain Fire. With the previous releases of “When I Was Here” and “Glow Drift,” “Keeping in Time” acts as the third single released from the LP. With themes of love and fate, the listener is taken on a musical journey with lines such as “We take a step forward/Then a glance sideways/But there’s no stopping the motion of the plans you made.”

Speaking on the new track, here is what Bill MacKay had to say on the piece: “‘Keeping In Time’ was one of those songs that came like a gift, unhurried, unlabored. The mystery of adoration. Seeing someone for a second sometimes, but there being a flash of recognition that indicates a world of possibilities between you. This song is about that longing to connect whether to a person, place, or vision. It could be to anyone or any part of life that draws you in. Love as not a possession, but a mystery that rings true.”

Locust Land is being released on May 24, 2024, via Drag City Records. Bill MacKay spoke on the new album regarding the creation of the LP “While making Locust Land I had a breakthrough. I saw that I could truly let a lot of things go, without losing the joy in them, and make something new in a huge way. So it is really about clearing a new path. Making a revolution of my own in life and song.”

Check out “Keeping in Time”: Bill MacKay “Keeping in Time” (Official Music Visualizer)

Locust Land Track Listing: 

1.) Phantasmic Fairy

2.) Keeping in Time

3.) Glow Drift

4.) Half of You

5.) Oh Pearl

6.) Radiator

7.) When I Was Here

8.) Neil’s Field

9.) Locust Land

Catch Bill MacKay on the road this May and June 2024