Shane Butler Announces Debut Album

Shane Butler, member of New England psych/folk/pop/rock band Quilt, announces debut solo album Heavy Debt.

Album Release Date and Label

Heavy Debt releases December 4 via Butler's own label Peal Music after seven-year absence.

Lead Single 'Ringfinger' Details

Ringfinger is a folk-rock track with memorable lyrics about loss and confusion.

Song Lyrics Example

Ringfinger lyrics include: 'I saw it written on a $20 bill/ You've gotta learn how to love, figure out how to kill'.

“I saw it written on a $20 bill/ You've gotta learn how to love, figure out how to kill”

Butler's Statement on Song

Butler wrote Ringfinger in a Brooklyn hotel room the night before recording began.

“This was the last song written for the album. I finished it in a hotel room in Brooklyn the night before we began recording”

Song's Theme

Ringfinger explores loss, grief, and moments that remind us of loved ones.

“This song is about the confusion surrounding loss. How the magnitude of experience when we lose someone in our life is so all-encompassing we often lose sight of what’s happening”