Songs And Instrumentals

Adrianne Lenker 2020

Selected By:

Big Al

Scratching the surface:

This is a pretty wonderful album. Adrianne Lenker is special. She's a top tier songwriter. Her lyrics are In the same league as those of Leonard Cohen, Greg Brown, Tom Waits, TVZ, etc. But they're different. They don't have the literary quality of those songwriters. She takes a different approach. Her lyrics are like the brushstrokes of an abstract painting. Her messages are personal and deep.

Her voice is unique. It reminds me a little of Joanna Newsom. The New Yorker says, "Her voice is soft but substantial, and contains an airy tremble that resembles birdsong. On occasion she let's it stretch and fracture."

Top Tracks:

All of sides 1 & 2. Ok, Ok, I'll go with ingydar, anything and forwards beckon rebound.

Deep in the grooves

Some of Adrianne's best lyrics address death and family. Yeah, I know those topics have been covered once or twice before. But Adrianne has a lot to add to the conversation.

The horse lies naked in the shed.

Evergreen anodyne decompounding

Flies draw sugar from his head . . .

. . . The dog walk in and the crow lies in his jaw like lead.

Everything eats and is eaten, Time is fed . .

- Adrianne Lenker, ingydar

Christmas Eve with your mother and sis

Don't wanna fight but your mother insists . . .

Grocery store list, now you get pissed

Unchecked calls and messages

I don't wanna be the owner of your fantasy

I just wanna be a part of your family

And I don't wanna talk about anything

I don't wanna talk anything . . .

I wanna sleep in your car while your driving

Lay on your lap when I'm crying.

- Adrianne Lenker, anything

A side songs

Title	Lyrics	Plays
Two Reverse (clip preview)	menu_book	12
Ingydar (clip preview)	menu_book	6
Anything (clip preview)	menu_book	3
Forwards Beckon Rebound (clip preview)	menu_book	5
Heavy Focus (clip preview)	menu_book	3
Half Return (clip preview)	menu_book	4

B side songs

Title	Lyrics	Plays
Come (clip preview)	menu_book	6
Zombie Girl (clip preview)	menu_book	6
Not A Lot, Just Forever (clip preview)	menu_book	5
Dragon Eyes (clip preview)	menu_book	4
My Angel (clip preview)	menu_book	4

C side songs

	Title	Lyrics	Song Credits	Duration	Plays
	Music For Indigo (clip preview)				-

D side songs

	Title	Lyrics	Song Credits	Duration	Plays
	Mostly Chimes (clip preview)				-

About

℗©2020 Adrianne Lenker
under exclusive license to 4AD Limited

17-19 Alma Road London SW18 1AA
134 Grand St, New York, NY 10013

Packaged in a gatefold sleeve.
Each LP comes in a custom inner sleeve.
A limited run via indie record stores was available along with a 12"x12" art print (double sided lithograph). The first 100 vinyl pre-orders were signed.

The recording took place from April 22 to May 23rd of 2020 in Westhampton, Massachusetts in a small one-room pine cabin in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.

Mixing happened at the end of May at Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn, New York. The Mastering was done [...] at Masterdisk in Peekskill, New York in the middle of June.

All songs published by domino publishing, inc

This vinyl record is 100% analog-analog-analog (AAA). No digital process was used in the production of this sound recording.

Lyrics

Title	Lyrics
Two Reverse	Lay me down so To let you leave Tell me lies I wanna see your eyes Is it a crime to say I still need you? Crime, wanna feed you Light blue, dark blue, grey Crimson trail Straight through, stay don't stray Grandmother, Juniper Tell to me your recipe Is it a cry I hear From the deep wood? Crying, reappear from The weeds Light blue, dark blue, grey Crimson trail Straight through, stay don't stray Through the jail See the sun Flat as a knife Cold and white To my home, two rivers Through my home, two reverse Is it a crime to do What you ask me to? Crime arrow_drop_down
Ingydar	Fragilely, gradually and surrounding The horse lies naked in the shed Evergreen anodyne decompounding Flies draw sugar from his head His eyes are blueberries, video screens Minneapolis schemes and the dried flowers From books half-read The juice of dark cherries cover his chin The dog walks in and the crow lies in his Jaw like lead Everything eats and is eaten Time is fed Early evening, the pink ring swallows The spherical marigold terrain Sleepily, Venus sinks and hollows The stationed headlight of a plane You are as far from me as memory With fixtures fracture varyingly The juice of dark cherries cover my skin Six years in, no baby Everything eats and is eaten Ingydar bares a scar like a meteor Crystalline amber guilds her cheek Tambourine of the beech leaves lead her To the raven playing hide and seek Drying blueberries, figurines and the angel leans At the head of the bed The juice of dark cherries cover my chin The dog walks in and the crow lies in his smile like lead Everything eats and is eaten, time is fed Everything eats and is eaten Everything eats and is eaten Everything eats and is eaten Everything eats and is eaten Everything eats and is eaten arrow_drop_down
Anything	Staring down the barrel of the hot sun Shining with the sheen of a shotgun Careless little swinging sun Joyous rays, we wanna come Hanging your jeans with a clothes pin Skin still wet still on my skin Mango in your mouth, juice dripping Shoulder of your shirtsleeve slipping Christmas eve with your mother and sis Don't wanna fight but your mother insists Dog's white teeth slice right through my fist Drive to the ER and you put me on my wrist Grocery store list, now you get this Brunch, had calls and messages I don't wanna be the owner of your fantasy I just wanna be a part of your family And I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay on your lap when I'm crying Circle of pine and riddle Circle of moss and fire smoke Fan on the ceiling like a wheel spoke Push the clutch in and I pull the choke Wanna listen to the sound of you blinking Wanna listen your hands soothe Listen to your heart beating Listen to the way you move And I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay on your lap when I'm crying Ordering the stars in Heaven Hurling salt in the sea Dragging a new-born mountain Didn't you believe in me? You held me the whole way through When I couldn't say the words like you I was scared indigo go but I wanted to I was scared indigo go but I wanted to And I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay on your lap when I'm crying arrow_drop_down
Forwards Beckon Rebound	Over the Dead Sea Keeping you company Thinking, "I'm not afraid of you now I'm not afraid of you now" Letting my eyes close Shedding my soft clothes Wind blows Wind that howls like a hound Wind that laughs like a clown Mystery of lack Stabbing stars through my back Forwards, beckon, rebound Forwards, beckon, rebound Virtual bedroom Rise like a full moon Show me pictures that hang in your house Pictures that hang in your mouth Candescent insects Crosses and fishnecks I have nothing to pray to you now Nothing to pray to you now Mystery of lack Stabbing stars through my back Forwards, beckon, rebound Forwards, beckon, rebound Pulling your face close, wanting the inmost Show me I'm not afraid of you now I'm not afraid of you now Villain and violent, infant and innocent Baby, both arms cradle you now Both arms cradle you now Mystery of lack Stabbing stars through my back Forwards, beckon, rebound Forwards, beckon, rebound Forwards, beckon, rebound arrow_drop_down
Heavy Focus	Cemetery at night and the dog's in heat The great grey owl howls and you're probably right Believe in, better to be leaving Oh, oh, oh Terrifying like a gun Like a gun store The wind road Invisible like a blank Ghost blanket No trees bent Shakey like the first dance Shakey like the first time Our palms met in the clam sweat Heavy focus Focus, focus, focus Set the camera to the flash For a portrait of the spirit Only way it's gonna last To be near it Heavy focus Focus, focus Focus, focus Kiss Focus, focus arrow_drop_down
Half Return	Shadow, shadow what a show Every other step, there's a crosseyed crow Half return, half return Minneapolis soft white snow 35 bridge, hometown Half return, half return Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid The house is white and the lawn is dead The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead Illinois toll road, Indiana plain Roll the windows down, shoot at the change Half return, half return Honey in your mouth when you gave me my name Tears in your eyes when you pull it like a chain Half return, half return Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid The house is white and the lawn is dead The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead Half return, half return Rusty swing set, plastic slide Push me up and down, take me for a ride Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid The house is white and the lawn is dead The lawn is dead, the lawn is dead arrow_drop_down
Come	Come help me die, my daughter Walk me beside the river to the beach Take a branch with your knife Take my left with your right Don't be afraid, my girl Take me into the shore I'm not cold, I'm not cold Take my hand, take a hold Let me lie on your arms I'm weightless in the sea Up to my ears the salt sits In a circle around me Take my life into your life Take a branch with your knife Come help me die, my daughter arrow_drop_down
Zombie Girl	What a dream that was I almost couldn't wake because I was frozen in bed with a zombie girl Vacant as a closed down fair Sleep paralysis, I sworn I could've felt you there And I almost could've kissed your hair But the emptiness withdrew me From any kind of wishful prayer Oh, emptiness Tell me 'bout your nature Maybe I've been getting you wrong I cover you with questions Cover you with explanations Cover you with music Then the next night Dreaming I could feel your skin But the dream escaped so easily And I woke up to the road again How your words ring through Something kinda sweet and blue And I knew that you'd been understanding Everything that I'd said, too About emptiness Tell me 'bout your nature Maybe I've been getting you wrong I cover you with questions Cover you with explanations Cover you with music What's on your mind? What's on your mind? What's on your mind? What's on your mind? In your mind arrow_drop_down
Not A Lot, Just Forever	Through your eyes I see A smile you bring to me To your joy I tether Not a lot, just forever Intertwined sewn together Like the rock bears the weather Not a lot, just forever My dog barks wildly To protect my infancy From my ex-believer And I try to calm the wolf To remind her I am both Still she tears at my sweater Not a lot, just forever Intertwined, sewn together As the wren sheds her feather Not a lot, just forever And your dearest fantasy Is to grow a baby in me I could be a good mother And I wanna be your wife So I hold you to my knife And I steal your letter Not a lot, just forever Intertwine some together As the rock bears the weather Not a lot, just forever So I bash around the house And the poison stains my mouth She comes, I let her And we share a paradise And I roll them once or twice Can't get much better Not a lot, just forever Intertwined sewn together As the rock bears the weather Not a lot, just forever Not a lot, just forever Intertwined, sewn together As the wren bares her feathers Not a lot, just forever arrow_drop_down
Dragon Eyes	Freezing at the edge of the bed Chewing a cigarette and repeating Shadows of the words I said I don't wanna blame you I don't wanna blame Stars bloom in the warm summer night They have a clear view Without the bedroom light They don't wanna name you They don't want a name Dragons have silent eyes Cracked eggshells, fireflies I don't wanna tame you I don't wanna tame When the hot sand burns my feet You have cool hands, you are sweet I don't wanna change you I don't wanna change Carnations into the vase Unfold your clothes, out of the case I just want a place with you I just want a place As the coastline is shaped by the wind As we make love and you're on my skin You are changing me You are changing Stars bloom On a warm summer night They have a clear view Without the bedroom light I just want a place with you I just want a place arrow_drop_down
My Angel	Step over the edge too far Open my hands that catch your wall Nothing to hear but my very own cry Far below the rocks and sky My angel, my angel My angel, my angel Strange as she appears to be Oldest friend invisibly She brushes my hair with a physical hand Lowers my body down to the land My angel, my angel My angel, my angel Beneath the ledge in the morning mist She kisses my eyelids and my wrists Wake to the bleeding of the blade of thе sun Returning to my oxygen My angel, my angеl My angel, my angel My angel, my angel arrow_drop_down

Album Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Percussion [Paint Brush], Performer [The Needles Of A White Pine Tree], Voice - Adrianne Lenker
Lacquer Cut By - Brendan Ford
Layout - Sarah Schiesser
Mastered By - Scott Hull (2)
Painting [Front And Back Covers] - Diane Lee (3)
Recorded By, Mixed By - Phil Weinrobe
Written-By, Performer - Adrianne Lenker