Byrne, Julie
The Greater Wings (blue)
The first album in over six years from American songwriter Julie Byrne is a testament to patience and determination, the willingness to transform through the desolation of loss, the vitality of renewal and the courage to rise, forever changed. She emerges from a deeply trying and generative period with the most powerful, lustrous and life-affirming music of her career, 'The Greater Wings'. Byrne leans further into atmospheres both expansive and intimate; the lush, evocative songcraft flows between her signature fingerpicked guitar, synthesizer and piano. 'The Greater Wings' was written across several seasons, pulling imagery from nights on tour, periods of isolation, and the drives cross-country for its various collaborations between Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. Recording started with the late Eric Littmann, her longtime creative partner and producer for her album 'Not Even Happiness', and finished with producer Alex Somers (Sigur Rós, Julianna Barwick). Comes on sky blue vinyl.