Adrianne Lenker- AbysskissLabel: Saddle Creek Released 2018 Adrianne Lenker has been writing songs since she was ten years old. Her "back story" has been well documented in various interviews and profiles for Big Thief over the last three years. Despite, or more likely because of the constant touring and studio work, the last few years have been some of the most prolific for Lenker as a writer. Songs pop out at soundcheck. They pop out on late night drives between cities. They

Album opener "Repeater Kember" captures the band's ethos with a decaying guitar loop that sustains and repeats for nearly all of the song

restart their conversation

more releases by independent labels and a variety of bands playing in different styles

Escape from Czarkham Asylum

featuring ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer

Deranged Insanity

Produced with Dave Sardy and Jacknife Lee in Los Angeles and in Modest Mouse's studio in Portland

released in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Frank Sinatra's Nice 'n' Easy

I think the fact that we recorded it on the island of Montserrat might account for a teeny bit of reggae poking its way through

and pays homage to its era of inspiration (late '70s-mid '80s post-punk and new wave) with gripping vocals

Mississippi - The Cactus Blossoms

Maida Vale