‘Songs’ and ‘Instrumentals’ will both arrive on October 23 via 4AD, and will be packaged as a double LP, marking the Big Thief vocalist’s first offering of solo material since 2018’s ‘Abysskiss’.
Lenker has also posted a handwritten note to social media that describes how she wrote and recorded the albums in isolation due to COVID-19. Read it in full below, and listen to Anything, a dreamy number that sees her delicate tones rise above a plaintive soundscape of acoustic guitars and gentle drum kicks.
The singer-songwriter was set to tour Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America with Big Thief this summer, but the band were forced to cancel all shows in response to the current pandemic.
'Songs' tracklist:
Two Reverse
In Gydar
Anything
Forwards Beckon Rebound
Heavy Focus
Half Return
Come
Zombie Girl
Not A Lot, Just Forever
Dragon Eyes
My Angel
'Instrumentals' tracklist:
Music For Indigo
Mostly Chimes
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