If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now

Kelley Stoltz is an American songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and DIY innovator whose career stretches back to the late 1990s, when he began selfrecording lush, psychtinged pop and garage rock in his San Francisco home studio. Born in New York City in 1971, and raised in Michigan, Stoltz has released a remarkable catalog of albums on labels including Sub Pop, Third Man, and Castle Face Records often playing all of the instruments himself and drawing comparisons to the melodic craftsmanship of the major 60’s pop auteurs and the quirkiness of lesser known 80’s power-pop & new wave. After issuing his 18th album, La Fleur in 2024 to critical notice, he returns in 2026 with his 19th fulllength release, If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now, a collection that continues his long exploration of hookladen psychpop, introspective lyrics, and richly textured arrangements that both honor his influences and push his sound forward, reinforcing his status as one of the most prolific and singular voices in underground rock. Guests Brigid Dawson of the Osees, Karina Denike of Dance Hall Crashers, Pete Straus of the Dwarves and Allyson Baker Dirty Ghosts and other guests provide backing vocals on several tracks.