Singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs is back with her first new full-length studio album in over 10 years, Avalanche, out September 22 via Yep Roc Records.
Produced by Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, the Hold Steady, Cassandra Jenkins, Josh Ritter), the album was written with the help of some of Youngs's friends, including S. Carey, Madi Diaz, Peter Silberman, Christian Lee Hutson, and featuring the Walkmen's Matt Barrick on drums.
The album captures a time of major formative change and uncertainty for Youngs, who went through the experiences of divorce, falling in love again and relocating while writing the songs.
Young said in a press release, "There's a good deal of heartbreak and disappointment in this music, but it ultimately gives way to excitement and promise, to the incredible, immeasurable bliss of falling in love and finding yourself again. These songs travel the whole emotional spectrum."
To coincide with the announcement, Youngs has released the title track "Avalanche," which she co-wrote with Diaz. It comes with a visualizer made from found archival footage, and a live video of the song performed with the Antlers' Peter Silberman. Watch both below.
"An avalanche is an extreme force, it can cause great harm, and when it's over, you can be certain things will be different than they were before," said Youngs. "When it came time to name the album, this song leapt forward as the title track, because the unifying theme of this body of songs, to me, is the idea of moving from destruction to restoration, travelling through pain to possibility."
Pre-order Avalanche.
Produced by Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, the Hold Steady, Cassandra Jenkins, Josh Ritter), the album was written with the help of some of Youngs's friends, including S. Carey, Madi Diaz, Peter Silberman, Christian Lee Hutson, and featuring the Walkmen's Matt Barrick on drums.
The album captures a time of major formative change and uncertainty for Youngs, who went through the experiences of divorce, falling in love again and relocating while writing the songs.
Young said in a press release, "There's a good deal of heartbreak and disappointment in this music, but it ultimately gives way to excitement and promise, to the incredible, immeasurable bliss of falling in love and finding yourself again. These songs travel the whole emotional spectrum."
To coincide with the announcement, Youngs has released the title track "Avalanche," which she co-wrote with Diaz. It comes with a visualizer made from found archival footage, and a live video of the song performed with the Antlers' Peter Silberman. Watch both below.
"An avalanche is an extreme force, it can cause great harm, and when it's over, you can be certain things will be different than they were before," said Youngs. "When it came time to name the album, this song leapt forward as the title track, because the unifying theme of this body of songs, to me, is the idea of moving from destruction to restoration, travelling through pain to possibility."
Pre-order Avalanche.
