Euphoria Again – the solo project of Johnny Klein, longtime member of slowcore band Knifeplay – and Dogwood Tales – the Harrisonburg-based emo alt-country outfit – have joined forces for a collaborative album titled Destination Heaven, out January 7th via Born Losers Records.

Alongside the announcement, they have shared the first taste of the project with the lead single and title track, “Destination Heaven”.

Kyle Grim of Dogwood Tales shared some insight on how the song came together:

"I was struggling to write music for a few weeks, so I tuned my guitar to a tuning Johnny told me about (now called Euphoria tuning), and I started playing chords I saw him play when we were on tour together. It turned into a verse and a guitar riff that never really went anywhere until the recording session. Miles and Johnny wrote the second verse the first night we were together and the rest of Euphoria brought it to life right away. It was the perfect way to get the recording process anchored in a spirit of collaboration and trust in one another and really set the tone for the whole weekend to be all about seeing what we could accomplish together."

Destination Heaven is out January 7th. Preorder here. Full tracklist:

1. Prelude
2. Destination Heaven
3. It's Not Hard To Laugh
4. Candy
5. Nah Nah Nah
6. At Least I'm Not Lonely Tonight
7. Crickets
8. See Through
9. Slackers & Go Getters
10. Albuquerque