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Hey, here’s a good lyric: “I got my own place but got no rent to pay ’cause it turns out the landlord is in prison\/ But still when it\u2019s late, I\u2019ll take the B48 down to your house like I\u2019m on a mission.” I love<\/em> that kind of specificity. That line comes from “I Wanna Be Your Man,” the latest single from the craggy-voiced New York singer-songwriter Hank Heaven. They sing it with conversational ease over a spare acoustic guitar and some slow-swelling strings and woodwinds. I hear a nice contrast between the stately arrangement and Heaven’s dazed drawl.<\/p>\n “I Wanna Be Your Man” is a real-talk song about catching feelings for a casual hookup. It’s vulnerable without being showy about it, and it’s the song that Hank Heaven is using to announce their new EP Welterweight<\/em>. Heaven’s last EP was 2024’s Loaded Dice<\/em>, which included the Beach Bunny collab “Beloved<\/a>” and which came out after Heaven worked as a session and touring guitarist for acts like Samia and Del Water Gap. Now, Heaven has signed to Nice Life Recording Company and recorded Welterweight<\/em> with Adrienne Lenker\/Big Thief collaborator Phil Weinrobe. “I Wanna Be Your Man” follows “Thread<\/a>,” the single that Heaven released last month. <\/p>\n Hank Heaven doesn’t really sound like Adrienne Lenker, but the two of them share a similar ache in their voices. It’s pretty disarming. Also disarming: the Weston Borg-directed “I Wanna Be Your Man” video, in which Heaven rocks a suit and ambles around what looks like New York’s Financial District. Check out that clip and the Welterweight<\/em> tracklist below.<\/p>\n