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Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new solo album, Bright Future. Listen to the new episode above, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lenker discusses recording much of the album in the morning in her bedroom, as well as how such a setting ultimately manifested within the songs (she even left noises from the room in the final mix). Beyond the comfortable recording environment, she also chats about how teaching a songwriting class affected her approach, explaining what she learned about herself and her abilities throughout the process.
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Of the more surprising sources of inspiration for Bright Future was the 1998 film Deep Impact, which she admits has been influencing her since she was seven years old. “For years I was so scared that a comet was gonna hit. I remember it shook my reality,” she recalls. “I was just like, ‘Oh. So, at any minute, like any second?’ And I remember being so scared… I thought of this whole world ending, I thought of dying unprepared. Because you see all the people holding each other and facing their deaths as the comet comes, and I hadn’t thought of those ideas. And then suddenly, you can’t unsee things.”
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