Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan wearing the men’s Mountain Classic Anorak that is part of the L.L.Bean Northen Attitude Collection. Photo by Emily Dorio

Turns out musician Noah Kahan can sell out more than concerts.

Less than two weeks after L.L.Bean announced a collaboration with the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, five of the eight items in the Northern Attitude Collection were out of stock.

Kahan was born in Vermont and currently lives in Watertown, Massachusetts. An homage to his and L.L.Bean’s shared New England roots, the collection – which includes Bean boots, a tote bag, zipper pouch, chamois shirt, anorak jacket, five-panel hat, hoodie and a beanie – shares its name with a track from Kahan’s 2022 breakthrough album “Stick Season.” The song has been streamed more than 347 million times on Spotify, while the title track has passed the 1.2 billion mark.

As part of the collaboration, L.L.Bean donated $100,000 to Kahan’s nonprofit mental health foundation, The Busyhead Project.

Kahan shared the news on Instagram, saying: “L.L. Bean thinks I’m handsome so we made a clothing line together.”

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Kahan fan Aidan Scanlon, 27, of Jericho, Vermont, has been using Bean bags since childhood and wasn’t disappointed that her mother ruined her Christmas surprise when she found out she’d be getting a tote bag from the collection.

Scanlon, who works in youth education and mental health advocacy, said she was thrilled to know that the Maine retailer is supporting Kahan and his Busyhead project.

“I discovered Noah Kahan in 2017 when I heard ‘Hurt Somebody’ on the radio and saw him live that same year,” she said. “I used to spend a lot of time driving to and from Boston, and Vermont and the song ‘Mess,’ which mentions taking 89 to Boston, became a running joke with my ski friends, since you can’t actually take that route all the way there.”

The Pine Tree State has also made its way into Kahan’s lyrics. In 2020, he released the EP “Cape Elizabeth,” home to the song “Maine.”

Kahan’s most recent album is “Live from Fenway Park,” released on Aug. 30 and featuring songs from Kahan’s sold-out shows at the Boston Red Sox ballpark on July 18 and 19.

Kahan’s next scheduled show is at the Out of the Blue Festival in Mexico in early January.

Genevieve Beaudoin of Dead Gowns. Photo by Pond Creative

NEW MUSIC, NOW AND LATER

Portland-based alternative rock band Dead Gowns announced last week that it will release a 12-track debut album,”It’s Summer, I Love You, and I’m Surrounded by Snow,” on Valentine’s Day and, at the same time, put out a new song and accompanying video, called “How Can I.”

Dead Gowns is the moniker of Portland singer, guitarist, keys player and lyricist Geneviève Beaudoin.

The new track is the latest entry into Dead Gowns’ haunting, intricate body of work. With synths, piano, horns and atmospheric percussion, Beaudoin weaves a delicate web of sound that is engrossing, and that ends with an unexpected swell before floating down for a landing.

Beaudoin said that “How Can I” sets the scene for the entire album. “It’s dark, romantic and disorienting.”

The song was written in 2017 and 2018, during a time that Beaudoin said she couldn’t tell a friend that she was in love with them.

“I swallowed so many of my feelings down and pushed this person and that desire away, and I think that dishonesty led to a rout in our connection that was unrevivable,” said Beaudoin. “Over the years, I’ve grown with the song and adapted it to account for other moments when I couldn’t express myself directly.”

Since 2018, several singles and EPs have been released, including “New Spine,” “Renter Not a Buyer” and “How.”

“It’s Summer, I Love You, and I’m Surrounded by Snow” got its name from the last three lines of Eileen Myles poem “Shhh.”