Boise, ID — Independent singer-songwriter and producer Jesse Blake Rundle will release his new album Wait, Sky on July 29, 2025 via Doe Records. The twelve-track album combines layered guitar work, analog textures, and intricate rhythms with emotionally resonant songwriting. Drawing influence from artists like Mitski, Grizzly Bear, Big Thief, and Radiohead, Rundle’s latest project continues his evolution as a songwriter unafraid to explore themes of identity, transformation, and inner conflict.

Wait, Sky took shape during an artist residency in the Washington rainforest and was completed at Mixed Metaphor Studios in Boise, Idaho—the studio Rundle runs as both an audio engineer and collaborator for regional artists. The album was co-produced by Elisabeth Ellison (Radiation City, Cardioid), a longtime influence on Rundle’s work who now joins him as a close creative partner.

“This record started as a quiet, personal process,” says Rundle. “But as I worked, a larger story started to emerge—one about power, the roles we take on, and what happens when those identities start to crack.”

Throughout the album, Rundle blends analog warmth and lo-fi sensibilities with complex, shifting song structures. Tracks like “Depose,” “Anything,” and “Light” showcase a balance between vulnerability and tension, with lyrics that reflect on love, communication, and the search for meaning. A recurring tuba fanfare appears on several tracks, including the opener “Begin, Perfect” and the closer “End, Sky,” serving as a symbolic musical motif for the themes of authority and collapse.

Rundle’s music has long drawn from personal upheaval—leaving the church, embracing queerness, finding sobriety, and building a life in music. That journey first took shape on Radishes and Flowers (2020), his debut album setting Wallace Stevens poems to song, which MP3Hugger praised as “chamber pop allure… sweet helpings of soft vocal gestures.” He continued that trajectory through the emotionally rich Next Town’s Trees and the stripped-back Artifacts of Water (both 2023), steadily expanding his sonic language from folk-rooted arrangements to bold, experimental textures.

With its blend of narrative cohesion, emotional honesty, and ambitious production, Wait, Sky marks a significant step forward for Rundle—both as an artist and as a producer helping shape Boise’s evolving music scene.