Our first Wax Mage Productions release of 2026!
Chayla Hope and Other Animal announce their new collaborative single “Raspberry,” a bold, tactile pop release written together and produced by the Cleveland-based creative partners. Recorded live to tape, the song is warm, direct, and emotionally charged, pairing classic analog texture with a deeply felt pop sensibility that captures the chemistry at the center of the collaboration.
“Raspberry” was tracked at Peppermint Recording Studio in Youngstown, Ohio, one of the country’s oldest continuously operating analog studios. Engineered by Gary Rhamy with Anthony LaMarca (The War on Drugs) behind the board, the session brought together an all-star cast of Cleveland musicians, including Other Animal’s Jake Fader and Joe Tomino, bassist Joe Botta, background vocalists Wesley Bright and Christine Fader, baritone saxophonist David Kasper, keyboardist Marcelino “Mars” Quiroz, trombonist William Washington (Mourning [A] BLKstar), and trumpeter VanDarrel Woods. Mastered by Doug Krebs, known for shaping many of contemporary soul’s modern classics, the recording is steeped in a ’70s soul and pop tradition, brought to life through the immediacy of a live, in-room performance.
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PRE-ORDER GOES LIVE AT 7PM EASTERN – RELEASE DATE IS FEB 13, 2026.
