Hear Carter Vail's 'Prelude To The Birdwatchers'
(MPG) LA-based musician and internet personality Carter Vail releases his new single "Prelude to the Birdwatchers" via RCA Records. Armed with playful synths and rhythmic keys, the song continues Vail's exploration of 2010s indie pop - gradually building to a fuzzed out climax that captures the bombastic energy of young love.
Along with the new track, Vail has also announced two secret shows taking place on December 9 at Gold Diggers in Los Angeles and December 12 at Night Club 101 in New York City. Tickets are on sale this Friday, November 6 at 2:00pm ET, and presale begins today at 12:00pm ET.
Vail on the new single: "Sometimes I try to make music and discover I can't do it at all. I assume it's due to burnout, but there's an underlying fear that, just maybe, I've written my last song. When that does happen, I hope to become a birdwatcher. This is a song about that."
This is Vail's second song of the year after his earlier release "Ants In My Room," which has earned millions of views and streams across platforms. Atwood Magazine said it "feels like it beamed in straight from the late-2000s indie sleaze era - think LCD Soundsystem, The Libertines, Phoenix - but sharper, tighter, and hotter on the mic." These new tracks follow last year's release of Vail's high-concept EP Coydog about a cowboy hatted, suit-clad character who is being hunted by an unnamed antagonist dressed exactly like him.
Vail gained notoriety in 2024 when the Bossa-nova inspired absurdist bop "Dirt Man" went incredibly viral, garnering over 30M views across platforms and leading to a combined audience of 2M followers on Instagram and TikTok. That year, he also released his sophomore LP 100 Cowboys to acclaim from The New York Times, NPR Music, Hypebeast, Ones To Watch, Rolling Stone and Interview Magazine who did a story on Vail and his former tourmate Yung Gravy. Additionally, he appeared on The Zach Sang Show and was praised by Apple Music's Zane Lowe who called him one of his "favorite new artists."
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