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- The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit - stripped-down sets, an intimate setting - just a different space.
Bob Boilen | November 18, 2020
For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Adrianne Lenker's home is a camper trailer parked somewhere in Joshua Tree National Park. It's the appropriate setting for the five songs she performs from her new album, tunes birthed in a wooden cabin in Massachusetts.
The songs, the words, the voice of Adrianne Lenker has been at the top of my year-end musical loves for the past five years, more so than any other artist. It began with her work as the singer and songwriter on Big Thief's electric debut album, Masterpiece, in 2016 and runs through this year's two sister solo albums, one titled songs and the other instrumentals. Those albums contain nothing more than an acoustic guitar, voice, and the bug, birds, and creatures captured while recording.
Her yearning voice, simultaneously frail and strong, draws me to those songs - songs about people, everyday life, everyday death, and ordinary places. All the while, she picks the tunes out of her guitar or paints the rhythms with a brush. These are songs worth spending time with, simple on first listen, but so much more profound once you live with them.
SET LIST
"zombie girl"
"two reverse"
"dragon eyes"
"anything"
"ingydar"
MUSICIANS
Adrianne Lenker: vocals, guitar
CREDITS
Video: Vanessa Haddad, Adam Gundersheimer
Audio: Scott Cornish
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Associate Producer: Bobby Carter
Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame, Maia Stern
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
get in the car boys we’re heading to the big sad
We gotta rent a bus
Am I the only one who feels many of these are actually uplifting?
@@MaybeMaxwell i feel like they are uplifting cause we can relate, it’s kinda like a sad appreciation of our beings, like a good sad smh ?
Definitely a good sad
love the in rainbows pfp
Everyone's talking about such a good songwriter she is (one in a lifetime, no doubt), but can we talk about how she plays guitar???? Mindblowing.
You're right. There's a good reason she can do a whole instrumental album, her playing is so so excellent.
That's how good the songs are. The virtuosic fingerstyle guitar under it kind of melts into the awesomeness and the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts or whatever they say.
@BARON De FERLA I'm pretty sure she's way a better guitar player than you think she is
@@Antarr98 "Anything" is definitely harder to play than I thought it'd be... Tune to Open D#, that's a new one for me, and then those tricky chords where you barre just the two low strings and have to stretch your pinky over on the 4th string. Wasn't the simple play-along I was hoping for after picking up the guitar for the first time in a while, but I'll keep cracking at it. Beautiful music.
The sublty of her thumb is staggering.
adrienne lenker said in an interview she wants us to listen and feel seen and cared about. i can’t stress how much i feel like she’s achieved this beautifully and fully
It feels like she is speaking directly to you through her music. It's a surreal feeling
I’m not really good with talking about my feelings. But she has found all the words I’ve tried to find but got lost while doing so. 😢
Oh please tell me you know where she said that. Would love to read/hear it in context
@@connorm1817she said it in an interview with Anthony fantano, I don’t remember the exact title but it shouldn’t be too hard to find.
Adrianne Lenker is carrying folk into the 21st century with beauty and grace
much agreed
truly
when she busted out the paint brush i was like here we goooo
paint brush guitar pick/strumming tool cool idea!
freakin genius
accenting like brushes on a snare
@@shnootch it does have a similar sound to it.
I wasn't watching and I was listening to it, and I was like "why does that sound so weird but cool?" It adds just the slightest amount of percussion and it adds a subtlety that wouldn't be there if she'd picked or strummed it the "regular" way.
i’m so glad i get to exist the same time adrianne lenker exists
“I don’t want to be the owner of your fantasy
I just want to be a part of your family”
That line is so powerFULL!
One of the most precious things I've ever heard.
“I want to sleep in your car, while you’re drivin. Lay on your lap while I’m crying” the trust in those words and the vulnerable felt throughout the song is what’s so magical 🧙♀️
Kills me.
I thought it was "ardor of your fantasy" which I guess makes less sense
all my homies love adrianne lenker
Love this comment
best homies
If the homies don’t like Adrienne, we not homies any more.
Well the commercial definitely killed the vibe of me crying to this
Same gurl.
same
big time yeah
Buy the record, listen to it over and over ...
We need to burn capitalism to the ground.
Adrianne Lenker sings each song like it's the last time she will ever sing it in the most beautiful and heartbreaking way. Thank you NPR Music and Bob Boilen for Tiny Desk Concerts, the world wouldn't be the same without it.
Linki, you are so right. Lenker's voice is heartbreaking. This is my first time listening to her and I'm in tears.
as a guitarist let me tell ya that she is one of the best players iv heard in a long time. reminds me of Elliot Smith playing.
The fusion of real raw soul and absolute technical mastery she has going on is just like... what
@Edita Ševčíková I dont understand the point in wishing for that. I wish I didnt age and got to live in eternal youth. I wish for a million dollars. Whats the point of wishing? Enjoy what yer got!
@Edita Ševčíková yeah fair enough. If you like Sonic Youth and weird tuning then check out Swervedriver - Mezcal head ... great record/lots of weird tuning. u heard it?
This. She and Elliot Smith are perhaps my two favorite songwriters. They each have the gift of creating intricate, complex, musically original instrumentation and lyrics while not being showy or flashy. It's all in service to the song as a balanced composition. They are the complete package. It's what I aspire to be as a songwriter.
@@ParhelionMedia Check out Nick Drake if you haven't already.
Adrianne is a gift from another dimension she is ethereal yet grounded, and the most raw and real human. She's a true artist. This was beautiful and heartbreaking.
I love that. You nailed it. She is a gift from another dimension. We are blessed to have the ability to realise it, most won't.
What in the Wattpad?
I couldn’t have summed er up better myself
Yesyesyes, she is seriously the most beautiful human to be created from the dust of the cosmos
kinda pavlovian how adrienne's voice just makes me cry on cue now
As soon as I hear the opening notes to Anything, the tears start coming
Yes, there's a certain tender fragility to her voice that cuts deep into me & hooks me hard as a listener. Plus, she is able to quickly and adroitly tap into universal
human experiences in her songwriting.
Her voice plus her songwriting skills, in her case, are a deadly combination. The listener doesn't stand a chance here. She's that good.
These albums came out as soon as I got home from the hospital from pancreatic cancer surgery, which saved my life. The seasons were changing, and I would listen to songs + instrumentals; and ONLY those albums, everyday as I tried to walk. They will always symbolize healing, hope, and the wonder of life for me. They are Adrianne's soul in song formation.
what a beautiful comment
That’s incredible 😢
Be blessed.
I hope you're better now and Blessed 🙏🏻
That’s amazing. There is something very healing about her music. It’s a gift. I’m so glad to hear you’re better.
she is so beautiful. this literally sounds exactly like the recording. i love her so much
Almost better, she’s incredible
I wonder if she knows she's the best songwriter
I think she knows there is no "best" songwriter because that makes no sense
@@tdb517 I'm sure you can make an argument for someone being the best songwriter if they've written multiple brilliant songs for example idk but it's definitely possible .
@@godisrealgoddamnit who decides which songs are good? can't be objective with art
@@rocklobster590 General reception of the artwork something like that. There is a still a way to measure how good art is however, you can still hate an art piece even if it's officially ranked as the best
No she’s not
she was flawless.
but in a good way x
is
@madarichards i hope ya wrong about that Jonsi album as i`ve yet to play it all
@madarichards They just put out two amazing albums ☺️. I hear what you’re saying but her recent releases were pretty amazing. I’m also really excited about Buck Meek’s upcoming album - Second Sight is an AMAZING song!
@madarichards You act like they've been gone for years, beside abysskiss and songs are beautiful albums
Is this legal
For someone to be so good?
Perfectly legal imo.
From someone who has played guitar for 10 years, this is a truly masterful fingerpicking display- the skill involved (in particular in two reverse) is astounding - Can't begin to imagine how somebody could pick up a guitar and produce that. On top of this is some of the most interesting, soulful and beautiful songwriting I have ever heard. Adrianne Lenker take a bow- My only disappointment is that my favourite song from "songs" (not a lot, just forever) was not included in the setlist, but i'll let that one slide :D
Not a lot, just forever is amazing and I am also disappointed it wasn't included lol
Two reverse didn't stop blowing my mind the whole time
Give us the Ingydar tab hey! 😊
she studied guitar at berklee haha
@@CordeliaGartside with highest grades imho! 😊
Playing two reverse and singing at the same time is so insane. The syncopation is just so slightly different between the hand and voice. She's amazing
I've lately been in the habit of putting this vinyl on first thing on a Sunday morning. The moment the first notes of Two Reverse rings out, it fills my little flat in Berlin with an aura of otherness, other worlds, perfect heartbreak, the white curtains blowing in and out at the balcony door, sitting up in bed bleary-eyed, looking absently at the plants, thinking about Adrianne and people lost and maybe some people not yet found, all of us together here in these comments for a moment.
thank you for this comment. your words breathe the exact atmosphere that you are describing like there is a rhytmn of some wind blowing through them.
this just made me go buy songs on vinyl and ive never made a better decision
I love how vulnerable is, She's my absolute favourite lyricist.
Yup, never payed attention to lyrics before i discovered her. Just amazing!
I love her too. If you want to find another amazing lyricist, my favorite of all time, check out Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes... if you want vulnerable and real, you won't be disappointed! Much love friend. ♥
Absolutely heavenly. Adrianne has consistently been one of the best songwriters of our times
100% agree
Amen
Very underrated
Elliott Smith too
anything is everything.
I honestly can't believe this is live. It really shows that what she puts out is completely unfiltered and it's amazing
Best songwriter of the last few years. Her solo work + Big Thief are head and shoulders above anything else at the moment. Unreal.
Sounds just like the recorded versions on "songs" -- probably because this is essentially how she records haha
actually i think if you watch the music video for 'zombie girl' you'll notice it's exactly the same recording that they used in the album!
@@paullegloan1502 that's awesome
@@paullegloan1502 Was just wondering this.
@@paullegloan1502 thats incorrect!
if I was wandering around Joshua Tree and heard this coming from a trailer I'd fall to my knees
Can you even imagine? :)
What is it about Joshua tree know what you mean a place I have to keep going back too
So hipster! C’mon her sound is nothing new
@@Daniel-yt6sc Is anyone here claiming that it is?
@@Daniel-yt6scit may not be anything new, but her musical style definitely leaves an impression for sure.
“Is it a crime to say I still need you?”
Is she not the greatest and most painfully-vulnerable lyricist of our time?
No. Lyrics are ok. Sounds like Martha wainwright. She’s really good tho
Idk maybe Phil elverum?
That line brings me to my knees
Of any time.
@@xcop13 Anybody that says "ok" isn't listening.
A little Nick Drake, a little Joni Mitchell, a little anxiety - truly wonderful
A lot Sibylle Bair...
Her voice reminds me a bit of Karen dalton
@killuastark1414 Not really. Why? because she's a folk singer who does finger picking? Her vocals and fingerpicking style isn't anything like her
anything is the best love song ever written, her lyrics are insane, always been.
🍂🍃🍂🍃🍂
The percussion the paint brush adds, almost like a soft shaker, is brilliant
it's a cool technique. I was struck by how it gurantees you can get a full quick strum without ever having the sharpness of the fingernail affecting the sound, truly the right tool for the job
paint brush guitar pick/strumming tool cool idea!
Yep never seen that before
I was just listening to this song wonder how she achieved this.
0:00 - *zombie girl* (2:53)
3:06 - *two reverse*
6:44 - *dragon eyes*
10:13 - *anything*
13:25 - *ingydar*
thank you
Thx
Thank you for making me feel human again.
Thanks Pentameron! Really, NPR/TDC should just always do this for us...
+
I feel lucky to be on the same planet with her at the same time, but honestly, she's on another plane of existence. She's a once-in-a-lifetime talent.
Everything she creates is an absolute treasure. Her voice and music has changed my life.
Sasha, she is a treasure!
I cried when I first heard Anything
She is a blessing, and happy to see her reach so many people with this project.
Same💙
@@kujstrawmulch5880 Same. It touches deeply.
me too, its one of my favorite songs ever
@@chai6898 same!!
It's no.1 in my all time Spotify listened song🙂
Agreed. It's so beautifully done. I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to
The fact that she uses a paint brush for dragon eyes choked me up for some reason
I cried. So beautiful. Idk what it is about it
that song just gets to me man.
It's never not intimate when I watch her. Doesn't matter where, when, or how. Thank you.
Adrianne Lenker? I hardly stop listening to her
Helena Deland will help fill in the gaps; her new album is amazing, too.
@@welcometothegrey Thanks for the reco!
flawless comment.. I was sobbing reading the other ones and now I'm cry laughing thank u
This made me giggle
Words fail me. That performance of 'Anything' is unfathomably beautiful.
Adrienne you'll probably not see this but it goes into the world and shimmers; I love you for your gentle bravery and your fighting spirit. You must guess this but it's worth saying it anyway, the way you share your light with the world constantly rescues many of us. I cry the best crys when I sing these songs with you. Love always from wherever i'll be in the world 'till I go
Beautiful. I hope she does see it. Thank you for sharing with her and with us.
@@calebzimmerman3102
matthew, 11 months later, i'm here to tell you that your message to her made my heart wrinkle up a little in sadness and recognition. i feel you. she shimmers.
The alliteration & rhyme of anything is so satisfying to sing along with
"dog's white teeth slice right through my fist" trips me up every time though 😭
literally the most underrated artist of our generation like her voice and lyricism are honestly unlike any other out there. and her skill with the guitar ???? bro so so so insane . im transcending
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"Weren't we the stars in heaven?
Weren't we the salt in the sea?
Dragging the new born mountain.
Didn't you believe in me?"
I dont know why but that hits me really deep in the heart
I don’t want to be the owner of your fantasy, I just want to be a part of your family
I’ve used up all my superlatives trying to describe her music to people. They are skeptical when I make honest comparisons to Joni and Dylan but the consistent excellence of her work has few comparisons among contemporary artists.
I agree completely ❤
that’s a massive statement, i’m gonna check her out then
@@wangoito6789please do she is an actual folk legend
I see a lot of Elliot smiths style too!
"Everything eats and is eaten."
Time is fed.
this is the kind of melancholy i needed today
Yoooooo what country wonderland did I fall into??? How am I just now hearing her. I’m in love. I wanna be there lol
An angel singing within the confines of a brutal, isolated and confusing year. Beauty unleashed. Thank you.
absolutely criminal that youtube allows ads to be placed after each song
adblock saves lives
Played mid song for me...
use brave browser on everything. Blocks all ads including youtube-- on your phone it also allows you to play yt videos with the screen locked for vehicular use. Thank me later
@@twally87 you are a legend!
@@dizzygee87 just a common guy wanting to help people enjoy Adrianne's music just a little better :-)
Just sublime. Utterly uncompromising. Best artist of the last 20 years. A run of 4 great big thief albums, whilst quietly running an equally prolific solo career. Then the pandemic, which possibly stopped the entire world finding out what a talent she is. And still the writing continues. I have tickets for February - please Covid, leave those shows alone!
It's not sublime, it's Adrianne Lenker. 😂
it feels like she's singing to me only
i feel like this was a religious experience
" i just want to be a part of your family " always makes me cry
"six years in, no baby" - makes me cry every time
@@adelaidee6053 i'm not sure why 'six years in', but the line just seems so sad
I think the song Not Alot, Just Forever expands on this idea.
Wow, I was just scrolling through TH-cam the other day to see if I could find out how these songs were played / recorded. This came right on time. Absolutely stunning! Incredible how close they sound to the album versions. ‘Anything’ is transcendent.
WHO THE HECK DISLIKE THIS VID? whats wrong with them.
I guess we're gonna be sad today
Lol, I guess so.
That all you dogger
She has it all. Lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Big Thief. One of the favorites of one of my muses whom I took a week of songwriting workshops from in 2017.
When she looked at the camera after "zombie girl" with a slight smile followed by and an over the shoulder "hm".. the glance after "anything" too. I adore this woman 💜
"When the hot sand burns my feet
You have cool hands, you are sweet
I don't wanna change you
I don't wanna change
Carnations into the vase
Unfold your clothes, out of the case
I just want a place with you
I just want a place"
Her music fills me with calm. Even if it’s a sad or lonely calm, I feel the true essence of life in her songs.
Is it just me or does adrianne look a bit like Jeff Buckley here?
Stop that rn. Never touch the face god
I dont know why but i felt a "Life is Strange" vibe
"oh emptiness,
tell me about your nature,
maybe i've been getting you wrong.
i cover you with
questions
i cover you with
explanations
i cover you with music.
what's on your mind?"
phenomenal poetry
Yes and she is so direct with her questioning of the world around her.."Tell me what you're
feeling". Kind of an aggressive songwriting style that will cut quickly to the heart of the universal human experience...She knows how to flesh out the true.
this is the best thing i've ever heard, can't count how many times i've streamed anything at this point
When I grow up I wanna be just like Adrianne Lenker.
Same
Me too and I’m older than her 🙈😭
My god. Adrianne is one of the purest artists creating music today. Her ability to completely command the sound-space with just an acoustic guitar and voice is... mercurial. Also, this is one of the best at-home recording and filming setups we've had yet.
Love how she can go from masterful fingerpicking in two reverse, to paintbrushing in the next song. All brilliant
A glorious painful treat I saved for a reward at the end of the day. We're all so fortunate to be alive at the time when Adrianne's titanic talent is on our planet, and so much more still ahead of her.
this is beautiful. "two rivers" always brings me to tears. adrianne's guitar playing is gorgeous. her songs are a balm for a broken heart
For those who dislike this undoubtedly beautiful performance, your hearts are made of stone. You don't even deserve the TH-cam algorithm that brought you here. Go back to your cave. We don't need that kind of negativity. 😤
Just saw her in Boise last night -- she slammed that guitar. She sounds like Emmylou Harris (Who I think is one of the best singer-songwriters out there) -- Can hardly wait to see more. Killer voice - Killer guitar skills - I love music that takes you somewhere -- and her music is a vacation trip of a lifetime.
does anyone know what the thing she's using to strum is called?
after looking closer i realized it was a paintbrush lol
ahhh. at the line "what's on your mind" burst into tears, absolutely gorgeous
This is beautiful! It's the vocals for me 🥰
Her voice is exquisite.
The kpop blasting unskippable phone ad I got in the middle of this was an affront to humanity
Indygar is an astonishing song. It pulls me in and swirls around me and I lose myself. Just beautiful
It’s my favorite of hers
this is the music i wanna hear in the club
🥺 (this is me watching this video in a dark room )
I simply cannot express how much I adore this album, adrianne is a real gift ✨
the deep breath she takes at the beginning of dragon eyes is a good representation of how this tiny desk makes me feel
also her smile at 9:09 ugh😍 you can see how much the music completely takes over her body and makes her blossom
anything makes me so emotional
everything eats and is eaten
So I'm not crazy when I use a paint brush for strumming
Are you songwriter too?
@@juliodicarlo5313 I write songs yes ahah but I'm not a professional songwriter
@@Banana_hamock where are you from? Im an amateur producer hahaha
Guys do it make something!
cant stop crying, these songs touch me like no other artist does
My brain cannot understand that she is actually singing out loud, not in time with a recording.
I happened to accidentally start listening to her music on Spotify early this morning. And then here's this video in my subscription feed when I take my lunch break. I feel blessed by this beautiful and haunting music.
Tech companies are exchanging personal user infos. Not that its that bad or anything...
The Greatest!,
Best NPR I've ever seen!,
The OG Bob Dylan Spirit in 2020!,
Lenker mops the floor with 99% of the other Songwriters out there
Also reminds me of the Townes Van Zandt footage off Heartworn Highways a little Too
Jesca Hoop, Joanna Newsom and Adrianne Lenker that"s about it that are on that kind of level.Jesca is more of an honorable mention though not quite as refined but certainly fantastic especially as an instrumentalist. Joanna and Adrianne are certainly different but both supernaturally good writers AND musicians
@@mylifeisart I think Emily Sprague is on the verge of joining that pantheon after her last album as Florist. I’m really curious to see where she goes next
@@lilacrain3283 Great recommendation! Thanks! I'm gonna have to deep dive into these lyrics now and see
@@lilacrain3283 Great recommendation! Thanks! I'm gonna have to deep dive into these lyrics now and see
@@mylifeisart I hope you enjoy! The album I’m talking about is called Emily Alone. It’s massively underrated imo. The first half in particular is absolutely perfect
One of the all time great songwriters.
Set List
0:00 zombie girl
2:59 two reverse
6:41 dragon eyes
10:13 anything
13:22 ingydar
First thought - Bob Dylan and Joan Baez are finally together :)
....but then I realise she's so original and incomparable. Just lovely in all its deep complex simple ease.
She is inspiring and her words tell such intricate stories... i just love it!
Whoa, how I love "Anything"..... Her chords are something else
did she ate her cds why she sings just like them
2024 and still cry to this
I always wonder how she gets through these beautiful songs without crying :/
She reminds me so much of Joni Mitchell
RIP Joni Mitchell’s voice 😭
@SamHolmes8008 - if you don't already know her check out Devon Sproule - she is a Canadian born (lives in Virginia with husband Paul Curreri) singer/song writer/guitarist - I think you will like her.