[Cover photo credit to Brennan Bucannan]

Family Stereo, the recording alias of singer-songwriter Blake Watt, will release their debut album The Thread on July 31, 2026, via Bella Union. They have previewed the album with the single “DLR”.

The new track’s Folk-Rock melody “frames the contemplative lyrics about growing up with youthful spritz.” The track is accompanied by a video in which Blake Watt gets kidnapped and taken on a personal odyssey.

Family Stereo is the project of 25-year-old Blake Watt, son of Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. His new album gathers “reflections on distance and connection.”

Formerly a drummer, Blake Watt began making his way toward these songs of travel and distance when he started playing the guitar at age 15. He honed his work live at festivals and venues.

As Blake Watt says:

I think my writing has been getting more pared-back as I’ve progressed. I find more and more that simple is better. I love telling a story in the simplest way or conveying a feeling in the simplest way, with not too many frills.