Juanita Stein’s second solo album arrives less than a year after her first, ‘America’, saw the former Howling Bells frontwoman exploring the iconography and cultural landscapes of a country that had always fascinated her from afar. Yet, while ’Until The Lights Fade’ is cut from the same musical cloth as its predecessor – the crepuscular twang of bar-room guitars, the keening romanticism of its melodies, the sparseness and simplicity of its arrangements – the album’s ten songs are concerned with thoughts, feelings, stories and characters rooted far closer to home.
“I feel like these albums are two sides of the same coin,” Stein explains. “If ‘America’ was the starting point of a journey – the musical equivalent of me spreading my wings, but also treading carefully, trying to figure myself out having come from such an intense period of camaraderie in the band – then this record is me starting to gain a bit more traction, feeling more confident in where I’m coming from and what it is I’m doing.”
USA Tour Dates :
October
25 Austin, TX Hotel Vegas
27 Nashville TN The 5 Spot
28 Memphis TN Railgarten
30 Chicago IL Schubas
Nov
1 Brooklyn NY Gold Sounds
2 NYC NY Pianos
Nov 3 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Brewery
Nov 7 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
8 LA CA Love Song
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