Today, Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker releases two new albums, songs and instrumentals. In conjunction, she presents a video for ‘zombie girl’.
The homemade video shows parts of the recording of the album version of the song, weaving together clips of Lenker in the cabin where the albums materialised and the surrounding woods…
songs and instrumentals are two distinct collections, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief’s March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus. With a hankering to capture the feel of the space, Lenker enlisted the help of engineer Philip Weinrobe, gathering a mass of tape machines, a binaural head, and a pile of XLR cables. While songs represents more lyrical and traditional songwriting, instrumentals sees Lenker stretching out and exploring the space in 2 longer instrumental pieces.
