instrumentals

AlbumOct 22 / 20202 songs, 37m 25s
Ambient Contemporary Folk
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Across two albums that function as one stunning piece of music, the Big Thief singer approaches familiar themes of loss, solitude, memory, and regret in some of the most vivid songwriting of her career.

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Adrianne Lenker’s new solo outings come together to make a classic in more ways than one

These two moving records from the Big Thief singer and guitarist speak very intimately to our collective present moment

The title ‘songs’ betrays overwhelming modesty on Adrianne Lenker’s part.

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker heads to the woods to create two pared-back records that ooze emotion.

Bandleader Adrianne Lenker returned home to New York, then left for safer quarters in a remote part of Massachusetts upon learning of an available mountain rental near friends.

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On instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief works through a session of restorative musical therapy, enabling feelings of self-awareness a...

Back in March - and faced with a string of cancelled Big Thief shows - Adrianne Lenker armed herself with a guitar, an 8-track Ontari, a few close friends and a wood-burner; driving up to the mountains of West MA to record what would be her breathtaking new double-album, Songs and Instrumentals.

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When it comes down to it, where and when usually fall some way behind how and why in most discussions. Adrianne Lenker’s new records - a

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Big Thief songwriter Adrianne Lenker is on incredible form on lockdown-produced solo project songs and instrumentals – there's real beauty here

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Album Reviews: Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals

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