Daughter Of Swords Enlists Old Friends For ‘Alone Together,’ 1st New Music Since 2020

Daughter of Swords (Alexandra Sauser-Monnig) is back with the new single “Alone Together.” The track is the first taste of the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s Dawnbreaker, which is currently slated for release via Psychic Hotline early next year.

The project is Sauser-Monnig’s solo vehicle outside their work with Mountain Man and The A’s. Alexandra’s last new music under the moniker was the 2020 single “Prairie Winter Wasteland.” An impressive crew of Sauser-Monnig’s longtime friends and collaborators contributed to “Alone Together,” including Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso, Mountain Man), Nick Sanborn (Sylvan Esso, Made of Oak), Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes), TJ Maiani (Weyes Blood and Neneh Cherry) and Caleb Wright (Hippo Campus, Samia).

“‘Alone Together’ is a song about reckoning with the need to connect when the rest of your life is locked in and satisfying. The cracking of the veneer of self sufficiency. Its content was mirrored in its recording, in the way recording a song demands vulnerability and community to bring it into fullness and reality,” Sauser-Monning stated.

The new track and a forthcoming album described as “a kinetic collection of new work” has been years in the making and marks the start of a new era for Daughter of Swords. “Alone Together” sports a brash sound that incorporates layers of swirling synths, powerful guitar and a bombastic beat over which Sauser-Monning sings.

Check out the visualizer for Daughter of Swords’ “Alone Together,” which was premiered by Paste, below: