Runnner Shares New Single/Video "Spackle"

Raising Money w/ Yellow House for Wildfire Relief

Runnner is still on the move! The Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist Noah Weinman stayed very busy in 2024, releasing an ambient album (Starsdust), an improvisational performance album (Dust 2), and kicking off a run of singles that includes "Untitled October Song" and January's most recent addition, "Coinstar." Today Runnner is back with another new single "Spackle" that continues to point towards the ambitious songwriting that's defining his latest chapter.

"Spackle" leans further into widescreen guitar music reminiscent of the early 2000s indie rock boom. The song's slow-burn verses explode into the kind of chorus that feels like it could soundtrack the most dramatic moment of your favorite Sundance film, and music keeps building and building for the duration of its nearly six minute runtime.

For the release of "Spackle" Weinman has teamed with Yellow House Sessions to raise money for LA wildfire relief. For the month of March, 100% of Bandcamp proceeds from "Spackle" as well as the Yellow House Session version will go to Mutual Aid LA Network, with Run For Cover Records matching the donation.

Weinman discussed the new song and its relationship to Yellow House, saying "We first premiered 'Spackle' in 2023 during a live performance for Yellow House Sessions, which is run by my friends Nina Raj and Erik Shute out of North Pasadena. They’ve been really important people in my life, as well as in the lives of so many in my community (both musical and non-musical). Their area was heavily affected by the Eaton Fire, and I wanted to use this release as a way to support them and their neighborhood." Wienman also delved into the track's lyrics, adding, "Whenever possible, I try to reduce the most complicated feelings to the simplest example. So, I framed this song around the day I went to finish patching up all the holes in the apartment I shared with my ex. This song took a long time to write. I had all these vignettes that I was pulling from to make this montage, but I had to cut a lot (the song is already five minutes long), so I wasn’t sure where to begin. I remember asking myself, 'What should it look like?' and then laughing as I thought, 'Yeah, let’s just start there.'"

Shute and Raj of Yellow House said, "We live on the edge of the burn zone and repairs to our yard and home will take time, but we’re hopeful that we can restore the space and eventually continue to host more backyard sessions. In the meantime, Nina is focused on her other project, Altadena Seed Library, which is a growing network of seed exchange boxes and educational and conservation resources. She’s working to regrow yards and developed green spaces across the neighborhood.”