12 November 2026 – LJM. Announces Debut Album Fountainhead and Shares Atmospheric New Single Kingdom

Melbourne-based producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Lachlan McGeehan, widely known for his celebrated work with Australian electronic dream-pop trio Acopia, has officially announced his debut solo album, Fountainhead, under the moniker LJM. The nine-track record is scheduled for worldwide release on February 5, 2027 via boutique label Scenic Route, heralded by the release of lush new single Kingdom.

McGeehan first introduced the LJM. alias in October with teaser track It's Golden, This Feeling, establishing an intimate sonic identity distinct from Acopia's sweeping, club-adjacent dream-pop. Fountainhead pulls from an eclectic tapestry of late-90s trip-hop, lo-fi bedroom indie, and modern alternative R&B, earning early critical comparisons to artists like Alex G, Chanel Beads, and Dean Blunt.

Lead single Kingdom originated as two entirely separate, unfinished recordings that McGeehan stitched together into a dynamic two-part movement. The lyrics were sculpted from stream-of-consciousness journaling, excerpted and rearranged into an unconventional poetic structure that mirrors the restless production.

The album's nine compositions include Two Stars, Television Dreams, Weight of a Stone, Sleep You Need, Midwest Middle Age, and Way Out Way Down. The project highlights McGeehan's gift for micro-detailed production, combining warm tape saturation, skeletal percussion, and delicate vocal harmonies.

For independent music fans, solo explorations like Fountainhead reveal how band members can stretch into unconventional terrain unburdened by commercial expectations. Apparently the quickest way to discover whether two unfinished songs belong together is to combine them, ignore the conventional rules of arrangement and see whether the result develops a personality of its own. Dive into more exploratory sounds in our indie pop and electronic portals.