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 Photo Credit: Brett Carlson Today, June 9, Matthew Dear shares “Gutters And Beyond”, the latest single from _Preacher’s Sigh & Potion: Lost Album_, his newest LP since 2018, due out on June 25th via Ghostly International. Originally recorded in 2008, his new (lost) album was created in between his acclaimed 2007 avant-pop LP, _Asa Breed,_ and his watershed 2010 album, _Black City._ In 2008, Dear amassed a set of personal, playful, looping guitar-centric recordings he’d consider for his next album, but decided to shelf the material, which is now finally out for our ears. _“_This is 'sober me' giving in to 'drinking me',” shares Matthew of the single. “ I've been sober for 5 years now, but I've always gone hot and cold in the past. My type of drinking has always been rather predictable in its unpredictability. \[…\] It took its toll. Rarely in singular moments of clarity, but more in subtle jabs at my ability to maintain a good, productive, and balanced life. So ‘Gutters And Beyond’ is really about the struggle, and apparently when I wrote this one, I was throwing in the towel to the addictive personality within.” Additionally, Dear has launched “The Matthew Dear Show,” a series made in collaboration with his wife, Jennifer Dear, where they splice music and visuals with segments of oddball ideas often hosted in the woods near his Michigan home. The first segment makes its [YouTube](https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001VcTF2B4c0djIpdh92Lp4JXRad0CUmci_kTxhqeIp_PGFstiL8w2IloCaP57RMsyWRWRCgzBBxreIlOlTKsIBrTEcpDma6i9j3cpFcWOODW8EbllyINJfWvChavpIggDqKmw-MpEfjsPK3Dr_DnPUElH92WtDCCFVFbSXN97oOK6LWQwADal0n1ml-7n6jOEY&c=EXsonVY-OrRSg0T2YPezhjdxMjfR6Gzk_5MWAnu4E-8IMM8lzzXYjA==&ch=ixSkkD3sNUxyAdJg7036jevxiMuPER16DWLJJS2Uxbob3A4vennstQ==&jrc=1) debut on Wednesday, June 16 at 3pm EDT just ahead of the album’s release.  Photo Credit: Brett Carlson