Wendy Eisenbergsinger-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitaristhas spent a decade navigating the boundaries of independent music. After years exploring art-rock, jazz, and free improvisation, they've arrived at their most cohesive vision yet: a collection of poetic, formally daring folk songs rooted in warmth and self-discovery. The album began taking shape in 2020 when Eisenberg relocated from Western Massachusetts to Brooklyn, drawn back to the pastoral textures of country and folk after years of genre-hopping experimentation. Recorded at home with longtime collaboratorsbassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Ryan Sawyer, and co-producer Mari Rubio (more eaze)the record balances intimate songwriting with lush ensemble arrangements of pedal steel, synth, and strings. "The songs are genuinely folk songs," Eisenberg reflects. "The production is less about seeing what the guitar might be capable of and more accepting the inherent strangeness of the languages it has spoken for the last century and a half." What emerges is deeply comforting yet unflinchinga meditation on self-understanding, acceptance, and relief. This oxblood color vinyl pressing captures the warmth and vulnerability of an artist finally at home in their own sound.
1. Take a Number2. Meaning Business3. Old Myth Dying4. Another Lifetime Floats Away5. It's Here6. Vanity Paradox7. Curious Bird8. The Ultraworld9. Will You Dare10. The Walls
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