Los Angeles chamber-pop band Lavender Diamond have joined forces with My Morning Jacket's Jim James on their new track “Real Life I Love You.”

Released today on Petaluma Records, the song is exclusively on Bandcamp as part of Bandcamp Friday.

Lavender Diamond vocalist Becky Stark said this about the song, which was co-produced by the band and original Blondie member Nigel Harrison:

"This song is about immeasurable loss. I had a dream that Jim James would sing it with me and I’m so grateful that he did. Tennessee Thomas played drums so beautifully and Noah Georgeson mixed it with so much sensitivity and grace. I felt so much love and support from my friends in making this song. Steve was thinking of how to produce it and he said, ‘I wanted a big wide romantic sound and then I remembered that I play in a band with Nigel and that he wrote Union City Blue which has the biggest widest most romantic sound in pop music and so I asked him to produce it with us.’
Blondie is one of the greatest bands of all time and I was just amazed that Nigel Harrison was joining in to produce and play bass. I wasn’t sure how to find the strength to sing it but then I saw Weyes Blood in concert at the Ace Hotel and Natalie’s voice was so powerful I was just weeping the whole concert. There is an endless wellspring of life for us to connect with even in the times of the deepest pain."

Tomorrow (February 4), Lavender Diamond will perform at Barnsdall Gallery Theater in Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles. Tickets for the performance are on sale to the general public here.