Adrianne Lenker has announced Live at Revolution Hall, a massive 43-track live album taken from three days of her 2024 “Bright Future” tour. The album arrives on April 24th; meanwhile, she’s also revealed the new song “happiness.”
Referred to more as a “sonic documentary” than merely a live album, Live at Revolution Hall features renditions of songs from Lenker’s 2024 album Bright Future, her 2020 projects Songs and Instrumentals, her 2018 debut Abysskiss, and her lengthy catalogue with her band, Big Thief. She’s also added performances of five new, unreleased tracks: “happiness,” “oldest,” “ripples,” “i do love you,” and “no limits.”
Bright Future was recorded by close collaborator Andrew Sarlo across three shows at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon in June 2024. Several songs were recorded as performed throughout the evenings, with others taken from behind-the-scenes moments. It will be released digitally and on double cassette (limited to 500 copies) on April 24th.
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In a statement, Sarlo refers to Live at Revolution Hall as “another generous offering from Adrianne:” “Clocking in around 120 minutes featuring songs and vignettes recorded exclusively on reel to reel and cassette tape, there was an attempt to create a different spin on what a live album could be. Recorded over the span of three-days while on the “Bright Future” tour, we put friendship at the focal point making this a loving memento from one friend to another. Consider closing your eyes, getting cozy, and listening as if you are watching a film! (active listening is rewarded by uncovering layers of details within the captures…) Happily listening.”
She’s offered “happiness” as the first preview of Live at Revolution Hall, and the track radiates with warmth. Lenker narrates with a minimalist kind of detail: “A clover/ fluorescent snow/ gasoline, coffee/ look at you, big enough/ for happiness,” she signs in majestic clarity. Listen to “happiness” below.
Revisit Lenker’s 2024 appearance on Kyle Meredith with…, where she discussed Bright Future, her songwriting process, and finding inspiration from the 1998 film Deep Impact. Meanwhile, Lenker will play three shows with Big Thief this fall in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, and New York. Get tickets here.
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Live at Revolution Hall Tracklist:
01. hello, i love you & blue lightning
02. door & how are you?
03. little things
04. happiness
05. cut my hair
06. time & escaping wild whistling
07. cattails & soundcheck
08. ruined
09. nick & josefin
10. symbol
11. real house
12. indiana & sneezing
13. now westlin winds
14. i do love you
15. brief message for adrianne
16. heavy focus
17. vampire empire
18. lady midnight, i’ll tape you back together
19. born for loving you
20. i will always love you
21. noah
22. spud infinity
23. oso
24. promise is a pendulum
25. backwards intermission
26. evol (kcehc)
27. fangs
28. oldest
29. sadness as a gift
30. drawing a star
31. orange
32. two reverse
33. free treasure & fire trucks
34. ripples & happy birthday alice
35. fool
36. not a lot, just forever
37. naljf & crowd
38. no limit
39. donut seam
40. zombie girl
41. happy birthday everyone
42. anything
43. wake me up to drive
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