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L’Rain Announces Fata Morgana and Drops Single 'Soulless Cycle'

Fata Morgana closes Taja Cheek’s four-album arc by interrogating personal and political anxieties in the United States.

Overview

  • On June 10, 2026, L’Rain announced the album Fata Morgana and released its lead single “Soulless Cycle” with a music video directed by Mackai Sharp.
  • The record is scheduled for release on August 14, 2026 via Mexican Summer and the published tracklist lists 13 songs including “Rumors of Light,” “Soulless Cycle,” and “Church of No One.”
  • Cheek describes Fata Morgana as the culmination of a four-album arc that began with her 2017 self-titled debut and continued through Fatigue and I Killed Your Dog.
  • The album was made with longtime collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, maintaining the creative team behind her recent work.
  • Press materials frame the project as a response to societal malaise in the United States, linking its sound and lyrics to concerns about rising fascist and trad culture and indicating a more overtly political tone in her art.