![]() Like a recurring dream whose true meaning reveals itself over time, the striking details that seep into the corners of the album imprint themselves more firmly in your memory with each repeated listen – and for each moment of drama that draws you in, each ‘damn’ that sweeps you away, there’s a whole other map of feeling for you to explore. Inspired by and centered around the city of Montreal where Levy grew up, the record straddles the line between reality and fantasy as she navigates a complex web of relationships and experiences, her writing alternately impressionistic and diaristic, intimate and direct. Following that album, Levy went to Los Angeles to record her 2020 woman, here EP with producer and frequent Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Marshall Vore, and eventually, her sophomore full-length, which is out today via Saddle Creek.Īlso featuring contributions from Bridgers’ bandmate Harrison Whitford and backing vocals from the likes of Tomberlin and Common Holly’s Brigitte Naggar and Johanna Samuels, one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden finds the artist refining her musical approach, leaning on a subtler but just as evocative palette to bring her vivid, dense storytelling to life. what we say in private combined the ferocious energy of punk with dynamic folk arrangements and shadowy electronic flourishes to complement her stark, vulnerable lyricism, documenting the end of a relationship in an attempt to reclaim a sense of self. ![]() ![]() Two years ago, Alexandra Levy came through with one of the most innovative and astonishing debuts in recent memory under the moniker Ada Lea.
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