Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future – Vinyl LP

Description

Bright Future marks Lenkers first album since 2020s songs and instrumentals, and features co-production from Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen. On Bright Future, Adrianne Lenker, a songwriter known for turns of phrase and currents of rhyme, says it plainly, You have my heart // I want it back. Documented with analogue precision, what began as an experiment in collaboration, became proof Adriannes heart did return, full to the brim, daring her into the unknown. Admirers of Adriannes solo music and Big Thief will find on Bright Future her reliable talent captured in stunning, magnetic clarity. In the company of parlour instruments, Adriannes modern melodic and lyrical inventions create new traditions. Her vocal flights at times outwit gravity, then land, guiding along an earthly path. The wholeness of the un-spliced recordings preserves a time of musical friendship during a golden season. The album also features the original recording of the now-beloved Big Thief song Vampire Empire. Although they recorded for only some days, in Adriannes recollection, It felt like we were together forever.