Matchess (aka Whitney Johnson) has released the first single, "Almost Gone (Excerpt)", from her forthcoming album, Sonescent, which is due out on February 25th via Drag City.

For this album Johnson enlisted a few of Chicago's best musicians including Haley Fohr (aka Circuit Des Yeux), Tim Kinsella, Rob Frye, Ike Floor, Kalina Malyszko, and Brian J. Sulpizio.

You can catch Matchess at Empty Bottle on November 30th with Olivia Block.

Photo by Marzena Abrahamik