Taylor Ashton - Charades [Laguna Blue Ecomix]

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: BDAY166LP-C1
Barcode: 0617308065268
Release Date: 06 Nov 2026
Genre: Alternative

Taylor Ashton returns with Charades, his third solo LP, out November 6, 2026 on Birthday Cake Records. Produced and co-written by Benjamin Lazar Davis (Cuddle Magic, Okkervil River, Maya Hawke), mixed by Jacob Blumberg and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova, the album sets Ashton’s warm baritone and inventive clawhammer banjo inside jagged experimental pop and classical harmony: atmospheric short stories about fidelity, friendship, destiny, and self-deception.
The guest list reads like a Brooklyn folk-scene summit: Maya Hawke, Theo Katzman (Vulfpeck), Aoife O’Donovan, and Ashton’s wife Rachael Price (Lake Street Dive) all sing on the record. “I’ve experienced Taylor Ashton’s voice as very honest… like a balm, no artifice in sight,” says Leslie Feist. Ashton has written and performed original songs for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The New York Times.
Following The Romantic (2020) and Stranger to the Feeling (2023) — praised by No Depression and American Songwriter — Charades arrives with a full campaign: lead single “Last Time You Saw Me” August 19, “Susanna” September 30, and focus track “Watered Down” at release, backed by live studio session videos. First pressing on vinyl LP.

TRACKLISTING
Side A:
1 For You
2 Who Hurt You?
3 Susanna
4 Last Time You Saw Me
5 Watered Down
Side B:
1 Sun Is Always
2 Santorini
3 Good to Cry
4 What Am I Supposed to Do?
5 Kinda Bitter, Not That Sweet
6 To Tell the Truth