Adrianne Lenker is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She\u2019s a songwriter for a band called \u201cbig thief\u201d and she\u2019s well known for her solo career. Her songs are mostly in the alternative\/indie rock\/ folk genre and her themes (to me) are about childhood, unrequited love and poverty. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m completely accurate, as I am just discovering her music in the car. But as far as Wikipedia says, she\u2019s cool. Seriously though, her music is like a breath of fresh air to me. She depicts childhood, living in a rural area, lost love, hardships with self-harm and family troubles in such a colorful, captivating way. She uses her experiences to craft these songs, and I think it\u2019s ridiculous how well she does it. Today I will be talking about 2 of my favorite songs from her and sharing why they are so interesting to me.<\/p>\n
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(Illinois toll road, Indianna plain<\/p>\n
Roll the windows down, shoot at the change<\/p>\n
Half return, Half return<\/p>\n
Standing in the yard, dressed like a kid<\/p>\n
The house is white, and the lawn is dead<\/p>\n
Half return, Half return)<\/p>\n
I\u2019m 99% sure half return is my favorite because of the imagery and storytelling. Her voice adds a lovely touch, but the message and imagery behind it is so rare and crucial to me. The picture of a white house with a dirty lawn reminds me of the rural town I came from. Seeing those conditions in every neighborhood yet the children playing despite it was such a tearjerker. To say that this song makes me relive those moments is an understatement. It’s more like another experience itself.<\/p>\n
Ingydar<\/p>\n
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The horse lies naked in the shed<\/p>\n
Evergreen anodyne decompounding<\/p>\n
Flies draw sugar from his head<\/p>\n
His eyes are blueberries, video screens<\/p>\n
Minneapolis schemes and dried flowers.)<\/p>\n
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Indygar is so beautiful. Its about a dead horse and how its body is being eaten by animals and nature, the whole message about how we must return to what we were. But the words and the metaphors\/comparisons in this song is why I love it so much. For example, I thought it was incredible how she compared the horse\u2019s dead eyes to blueberries and video screens. Almost like its being witnessed by a child or a person unfamiliar with dead animals. All the grassy, farm vibes made this song really stick out to me. The message and poetic scheme of her music never fails to amaze me.<\/p>\n
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Adrianne Lenker is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She\u2019s a songwriter for a band called \u201cbig thief\u201d and she\u2019s well known for her solo career. Her songs are mostly in the alternative\/indie rock\/ folk genre and her themes (to me) are about childhood, unrequited love and poverty. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m completely accurate, as I … Continue reading “2 Adrianne Lenker songs I can’t stop listening to”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20310,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20309\/revisions\/20310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}