Fog Lake Announces New Album 'Hollowbody': Hear "Bogus"

Fog Lake, the the project of Montreal-based, Newfoundland-raised musician Aaron Powell, is back. Today, he's announced his seventh album Hollowbody, the follow-up to 2023's Midnight Society, with the new single "Bogus." The new album is out next month.

Hollowbody came together within three weeks and was co-produced, mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Warren Hildebrand of Foxes In Fiction. The album was inspired by a decades-old piece of gear that Powell came upon. “I bought this Tascam amp simulator from the 80s off of eBay which has a quick and easy 'analog' recording button — it really shaped the sound and feel of the songs I was writing,” he said.

"Bogus" thrives off the tension between Powell's delicate vocals, jaunty acoustic strums, and a scratchy guitar solo that bristles to life at the song's end. The lyrics point to a fragmented relationship, misunderstandings, and dead cigarettes. Powell offered that the song is "about bad luck. I’ve had a lot of luck in my life, but never with lovers."

Watch the video for "Bogus" below.