Stef Chura Recruits Peter Buck, Mike Mills for New Album

Detroit indie rocker Stef Chura has returned with her first album in seven years. Dancing Alone on the Concrete is out October 2 on Saddle Creek, and features contributions from R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Mike Mills on lead single “Danny.” Apples in Stereo’ co-founder and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea producer Robert Schneider handled production across the LP.

“I met someone who was traveling through New Orleans,” Chura writes in a statement about the origins of “Danny.” “We had an instant rapport and an easy chemistry, and it reminded me what excitement could feel like. I wrote ‘Danny’ as an ode to the fantasy of meeting someone who could sweep me off my feet when I felt like I needed rescuing. He invited me to a party, but I stayed home and watched the clock tick instead. Afterwards I couldn’t stop imagining the version of myself who had gone, who had seized the moment.”

Chura is set to hit the road following Dancing’s release, opening dates for Dinosaur Jr.