Bethany Thomas, Tawny Newsome Discuss ‘Material Flats,’ An Album Purely Their Own

When singer-actor-artist, Bethany Thomas, left Chicago to drive to California’s Mojave Desert to collaborate with singer-actor-comedian, Tawny Newsome, to record the music that would soon become the new co-produced LP, Material Flats, her home city of Chicago was on fire. It was the first week of June, a city tired of quarantine and systematic racism erupted – along with many others across the globe. But when Thomas met up with Newsome, the two planned to write a new record together, using the energy and insight borne from creative lives existing amidst unprecedented unrest. The two got to work, efficiently and effectively. They will release their debut LP – a mere four months after those fires – on October 9th.