Adrienne Lenker

Today Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief) presents her new single “Ruined” and its music video. At the same time, she also announces that she will embark on a tour in 2024 – with a stop in Sweden. “Ruined” is a heartbreaking and impressive introduction to Lenker’s long-awaited solo album, which will be released next year. It is with this new music in mind that she comes to Stockholm for a gig at Berns on May 11.

Big Thief is a band in the finest sense of the word. With a communication that appears telepathic, the four members are closely linked in an organic, adventurous unit. However, singer, guitarist and the band’s main songwriter Adrianne Lenker shows on her solo material that she is more than capable of creating magic even without the help of the other band members. Even if this magic is partly built by other components. The songwriting is, of course, still impeccable but the lyrics are more naked, less abstract and more vulnerable as Lenker sings about life’s little moments and heartbreak all alone with her acoustic guitar.

It’s not uncommon for artists to claim that they strive for intimacy, but it’s even rarer for someone to succeed as well as Adrianne Lenker does on ‘songs’ from 2020. This is music whose intimacy is so intimate that it almost feels forbidden. The sound of fingertips scraping against guitar strings and raindrops smacking against the roof of the small mountain cabin Lenker moved to during the pandemic creates the backdrop for an album that manages to be both deeply personal and universal in one and the same song.

Adrianne Lenker in Stockholm!
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 – Berns, Stockholm
Support: Twain
Tickets: Ticketmaster

Place: Berns Asiatiska, Berzelii park, Stockholm
Price: 435 SEK
Date: 11.05.2024
Time: 19:00

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