Adrianne Lenker - Abysskiss (Black Vinyl)

Adrianne Lenker - Abysskiss (Black Vinyl)This is the debut solo album from Adrianne Lenker, lead vocalist of Big Thief. Its culled from songs written in snatched moments on the relentless Big Thief tour schedule. Recorded in a studio with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic its 10 songs of dreamy wonder. Plucked, caressed and stroked silvery guitar strings flutter and quiver under flurrying fingers. Reflective, crooning vocals fall like a lullaby from a gentle folky lilting swaying singer.

I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone soaked into my summer of 2020

“I was finally able to trust myself fully

developing a highly original and finely detailed approach to audio production

Though to look at them

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his music has never before sounded so warm and immediate

The original 2019 vinyl pressing was limited to 500 copies alongside a numbered run of 100 special-editions with alternative artwork by M

The anxious hush that fell over much of Scott’s previous music gets turned inside-out in songs tailored for a new chapter of life

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which saw the Edmonton local propelled into the limelight

Even the cover art is a departure for Nina

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