Milwaukee-based band Ladybird will be releasing their debut full-length album, Clementine, on October 10, 2025, and have revealed its first single, “Lapis Buckle,” out now. It tells the story of a very different world from the one that we live in now.

Songwriter Pete McDermott says of the first single’s inspiration:

Over the last few years, I’ve become so interested in thinking about the world before cell phones. People say that perhaps we’re more connected now, for better or for worse. But I’m not sure that’s the case.

“Lapis Buckle” lives in cellphone-free world “world where you could walk over to your neighbor’s to see what they were up to, call a buddy from a payphone, or tune in to the radio station in your car because that was the only option.” The character in the story, in search of another, walks from bar to bar to accomplish his goal.