Lord Huron Team With Kristen Stewart For New ‘Laughs’

Lord Huron get a lift from actress Kristen Stewart on their new song “Who Laughs Last?,” which features the latter reciting lyrics about storms and deep feelings atop a driving beat and dark, synth-flecked music. Stewart also appears in the accompanying video, which was directed by Tony Wilson.

“I didn’t know Kristen previously but I’d been a big fan since seeing her work with Olivier Assayas, which my wife introduced me to,” Lord Huron’s Ben Schneider says of Stewart, who had never before appeared on a commercially released song. “I kept hearing her voice when I was writing this song and just thought, ‘what the hell, I’ll reach out and see,’ thinking it was a long shot. But she said she was interested, so we met up and hit it off talking about books, movies and music. She immediately got what I was going for and had great ideas to boot. She’s just a great person and so creative and open. She added a lot to the video concept as well. It was the kind of collaboration you dream of, honestly.”

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Adds Stewart, “I’ve always loved the band and immediately sparked to the manic drift of the song and to the mood. I love when a song is something you can kind of seep into and imagine. Ben is the nicest. I was so into reading his words. There’s nothing like making new friends through projects like these that just crop up. Lucky stuff.”

Lord Huron will tour extensively this year, first as part of a run of west coast shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album Strange Trails beginning May 22 in Reno, Nv. From there, the group will visit amphitheaters and a handful of arenas such as New York’s Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum through early November.

Waxahatchee, Feist, Kevin Morby, Indigo De Souza and Lee Fields are among the support acts. Tickets go on sale Jan. 28. Click here for the full itinerary.

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