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Faye Webster
Car Therapy Sessions (Walnut Brown Vinyl)
Secretly Canadian - Cat No: SC459lp-C1
- updated:2023-08-01
Faye Webster, who became one of the leading figures in the American alternative music scene with “Atlanta Millionaires Club” and “I Know I’m Funny Haha,” has released a new album featuring orchestral arrangements.
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Faye Webster announces Car Therapy Sessions, an EP of new and re-imagined songs by Webster recorded at Spacebomb Studios with a 24 piece orchestra. The orchestra was headed by Trey Pollard who was responsible for both conducting and arranging, and Drew Vandenburg produced and mixed the EP. Car Therapy Sessions will be available on limited edition Walnut Brown vinyl in the fall and is available to pre-order on April 13th. "I have a vivid memory of walking around London in 2018 listening to a mix of Jonny, which I had just written. I remember thinking "I want to perform this song with an orchestra". I truly have had my heart set on it since then, always talking about it and figuring out how or when to make it happen," says Webster. On the EP, Webster reimagines three songs from her critically acclaimed 2021 release I Know I'm Funny haha and 2019's Atlanta Millionaires Club. The songs "Kind Of", "Sometimes" and "Cheers" take on a cinematic and glimmering new sheen. In addition to the title track - "Car Therapy" - she also shares a sprawling and emotional work - "Suite: Jonny" - which combines fan-favorites "Jonny" and "Jonny (Reprise)." The two songs originally appeared on the Atlanta Millionaire's Club tracklist, two different views on the same narrative. Here they’re presented together. It's remarkable how beautifully Webster's work can take on this orchestral treatment. Like Cole Porter, or Judy Garland - her delicate and emotional delivery packs a gut punch when dramatized by the EP's robust arrangements.
Following up on their previous album, this release was once again produced by Drew Vandenberg—who has also worked with Toro Y Moi, Of Montreal, and kKishi Basho—and features orchestral arrangements by Trey Pollard throughout. Composed of orchestral arrangements of previously released tracks and new songs, the album unfolds a world reminiscent of film scores or an imaginary musical—with rich arrangements that rival the caliber of Van Dyke Parks or Sufjan Stevens. It’s a world of fantasy bordering on the psychedelic. The cosplay—resembling a young lady from the last century surrounded by string instruments—is also a mystery. She definitely wasn’t this kind of character before… A glimpse of genius. (Original Japanese text by Saito)