Adrianne Lenker Shares Lyric Video for New Song 'Free Treasure'
Bright future It will be released this Friday via 4AD
March 18, 2024
Photo: Germaine Dunes
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker is releasing a new solo album, Bright future, this Friday via 4AD. Now he's shared another song from it, “Free Treasure.” It was shared via a lyric video. Listen below.
In 2020, Lenker released two solo albums, one self-titled songs and another simply titled organicallythrough 4AD. Bright future will be her first solo album since then. Philip Weinrobe co-produced the album, which also features contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson and Josefin Runsteen.
In the fall of 2022, Lenker was pleased that three of her friends (“some of my favorite people,” as Hakeem, Davidson and Runstein describe in a press release) had time to take a break from her their music career and join her in Double Infinity, an analog studio in a forest. The three musicians didn't know each other that well. “I had no idea what the outcome would be,” Lenker admits, but says the results turned out well. “It was magical,” she says.
Of Davidson, Lenker says, “I've known Mat for a long time. It doesn't matter which instrument, his spirit pours out.”
Lenker has known Hakim since she was 17. “The way Nick held my songs, he gave every ounce of love,” she says.
Of the trio of collaborators, Lenker adds, “I think the audience these people have are some of the best listeners I know musically. They have an extreme presence.”
Summarizing his recording Bright future, says: “It felt like everyone's nervous system was released. Once we were INTO the song, somehow we just knew. No one stopped a shot. We didn't hear back. I only heard after they had all left.”
Bright future features “Ruined,” a new song Lenker shared via a music video in December. “Ruined” was one of the songs of the week. When the album was announced, Lenker shared “Sadness as a Gift,” which was also one of the songs of the week. He also announced several North American tour dates for this summer and fall. “Fool” was the next single, also one of the songs of the week.
In September 2023, Big Thief shared a new song, “Born For Loving You”. It was followed by “Vampire Empire”, a new song shared by the band in July 2023.
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