Bright Future (Adrianne Lenker album)
2024 studio album by Adrianne Lenker
Bright Future is the sixth solo studio album by Adrianne Lenker. It was released on March 22, 2024, through 4AD. The album received widespread acclaim and was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.
Background and release
Recorded in autumn 2022 at Double Infinity, a recording studio in the woods, Bright Future was produced by frequent collaborator Philip Weinrobe with contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen. To Lenker, these musicians constitute "some of the best listeners" that shine through their "extreme presence", although she initially had no intentions of creating an album with them. The record was recorded, mixed, and mastered completely on analog tape; "Adrianne and I never once looked at a computer screen while making this record," Weinrobe said. About the recording process," Lenker revealed that "no one stopped a take" or listened back and she "only listened after everybody else left", saying that it was "magical".
The lead single "Ruined" was released on December 5, 2023, and revolves around "a kind of romantic downfall" and "the effects of obsessive rumination". Lenker stated she believes wrote the song when she was 25 years old, seven years before its appearance on the album. She said "it's the first time I'm ever bringing it out into the world because I feel like I can play it and sing it in a different way. When I tried it with piano, that's what made all the difference.
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