Following a run of intimate duo performances in California + New Mexico, Sarah Gillespie and Chris Montague retreated to a cottage on the shores of Loch Fyne, Scotland, to record their forthcoming duo album, the Shieling. The cottage, belonging to Chris’s parents, takes its name from the Scottish rural tradition of simple shelters used during seasonal grazing in the hills where families would gather, tell stories and make music.
The Shieling draws on Gillespie’s distinctive poetic sensibility and Montague’s maverick musical imagination, his guitars, mandolin, pedal steel and banjo taking the songs into unexpected territory. Rooted in folk, Americana and vivid beat inspired poetry, the first single 18th Holy Curse is released in November 2026 and the album in February 2027 on Pastiche Records.
Tracklist
THE 18TH HOLY CURSE
THE SHIELING
ANOTHER COUNTRY SONG
MOLLY OF THE SALT SEA
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS
WILLINGLY
HALF CUT
WHISKEY IN THE JAR
GENGHIS
Following a run of intimate duo performances in California + New Mexico, Sarah Gillespie and Chris Montague retreated to a cottage on the shores of Loch Fyne, Scotland, to record their forthcoming duo album, the Shieling. The cottage, belonging to Chris’s parents, takes its name from the Scottish rural tradition of simple shelters used during seasonal grazing in the hills where families would gather, tell stories and make music.
The Shieling draws on Gillespie’s distinctive poetic sensibility and Montague’s maverick musical imagination, his guitars, mandolin, pedal steel and banjo taking the songs into unexpected territory. Rooted in folk, Americana and vivid beat inspired poetry, the first single 18th Holy Curse is released in November 2026 and the album in February 2027 on Pastiche Records.
Tracklist
THE 18TH HOLY CURSE
THE SHIELING
ANOTHER COUNTRY SONG
MOLLY OF THE SALT SEA
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS
WILLINGLY
HALF CUT
WHISKEY IN THE JAR
GENGHIS
