Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker releases songs and instrumentals on 4AD. songs and instrumentals are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus.
Fashioned as an album that should be taken as a whole, it sounds lovingly handmade and self-assured as a secret handshake. Track by track, it's equal parts elegy, kaleidoscope, truth, and dare.
Admirers of Adrianne's solo music and Big Thief will find on Bright Future her reliable talent captured in stunning, magnetic clarity. An intensely moving and stunningly optimistic records in a, recorded direct to tape with no overdubs.
Transmitter is Max Clarke's fourth full length record as Cut Worms. Produced by Jeff Tweedy at Wilco's Loft studio, Transmitter marks a deepening of Clarke's abilities and the convergence of two artists whose work searches for grace amid dislocation.