of Montreal preview aethermead with Already Dreaming

of Montreal shared Already Dreaming on May 5, the second single from the upcoming album aethermead, due June 5 via Polyvinyl.

For longtime fans of Kevin Barnes, this release has a familiar but still compelling tension: ornate indie-pop on the surface, emotional rupture underneath.

The song arrives with a video directed by Barnes’ daughter Beatrice Barnes, which adds another layer to the release. It is not just a promotional clip, but a family collaboration built around surreal imagery, isolation and the strange emotional distance that can exist between people sharing the same space.

The background of the album gives Already Dreaming extra weight. Barnes has described aethermead as intensely personal and confessional, shaped by the end of an eight-year relationship and a move from isolated Vermont surroundings to Brooklyn.

That story fits the song’s mood. Already Dreaming feels sad, but not defeated. It sounds like the moment when grief and possibility coexist: the end of one life structure and the uncertain beginning of another.