woman, here

Less than a year after the release of her highly-acclaimed debut album, what we say in private, Montreal, Quebec-based musician Alexandra Levy - who records and performs as Ada Lea - returns in early 2020 with a new four-song EP which acts as a bridge between what’s come before and where she means to go next. A mix of both the old and new, the woman, here EP takes its name from a brand new composition recorded recently in LA with Marshall Vore ( Phoebe Bridgers, Better Oblivion Community Center). Perhaps her most direct work to-date, the new song offers a beautiful glimpse into the bold new chapter of Ada Lea. “I went to LA and recorded the song in a day and a half with Marshall,” Levy says of the song. “The writing and recording of this song happened like magic.” Aside from the title-track, which is shared here alongside a raw and captivating demo version, the woman, here EP also offers two previously-unheard recordings from the what we say in private sessions, in the form of the reflective and melancholy ‘perfect world’, and the sparse and dream-like ‘jade’, which was inspired by a John Updike short story. A fascinating glimpse behind the curtain, Levy says that the new EP should be seen as being “like a second cousin” to what we say in private. “We included the songs that we still felt close to,” she explains, “but didn't seem to have a place on the album.”

After the success of her debut album, what we say in private, Montreal artist Ada Lea (Alexandra Levy) strikes another chord from her golden...