ADA LEA RELEASES notes EP VIA NEXT DOOR RECORDS & SADDLE CREEK TODAY
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Ada Lea (the moniker of Montreal’s Alexandra Levy) has released a new EP, “notes”, a collection of songs written at the same time as her sophomore album, one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden.
To celebrate, the acclaimed songwriter is sharing the music video “i-95”, a fun, day-dreamy crush song worked up by Ada Lea and collaborator Emilie Kahn. “Emilie Kahn and I wrote this song in one sitting, using the corny drum machine sound on an Omnichord to get us grooving.” Ada Lea comments, “The song is about driving to NY with your crush. Hot scenes playing out in your mind. I love how the song blurs the space between fiction and reality.” Out along with the track is an animated music video created by Ada Lea who shared, “I’m still very much a beginner with animation, so if I think too hard about whether what I’m doing is good or not, I lose all hope. At each step, I was in my “first thought best thought” mode—from which drawing I would use as the base, to the decision to add sunglasses and a neon green bralette and angel wings to the figures.”
WATCH / SHARE “i-95” HERE
MORE ABOUT ADA LEA
Ada Lea is the musical project of Montreal-based songwriter Alexandra Levy. She released her debut album, what we say in private, and her sophomore album, one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden, both on Saddle Creek and Next Door Records. Ada Lea’s songs feature melodies that are at once classic and unique, and lyrical narratives that are both autobiographical and fictional. After extensive touring with her band, she is now putting the finishing touches on her third record.
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WATCH / SHARE “come on, baby! be a good girl for the camera” HERE
PRAISE FOR one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
“‘damn,’ from the Montreal-based singer-songwriter Ada Lea, unfolds like a quiet epiphany: a gradual accumulation of feelings and frustrations that, in an instant, snap into a sudden clarity.” - The New York Times
“[‘damn’ is] propulsive, unsettling and exquisite – and an impressive way to kick off an album.” - NPR Music
“[one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden] separates itself from the pack of a lot of similar folk music being made nowadays by being particularly crisp and well-defined.” - Stereogum
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notes EP
01 i-95
02 come on, baby! be a good girl for the camera
03 make me a promise
04 serait-il…?
05 hometown
06 heard you
