Julie Byrne 'The Greater Wings' out now // Live dates end of July
JULIE BYRNE
NEW ALBUM THE GREATER WINGS OUT TODAY VIA GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL PLAYING LIVE IN THE UK LATER THIS MONTH GREEN MAN & NOVEMBER SHOWS
"Byrne’s album is as singular as the woman singing it" 5/5 The Guardian
"an intimate yet expansive masterpiece" 9/10 The Line of Best Fit
"A truly exquisite artist" Clash
"a work of extended rapture" 9/10 Uncut
"A deeply moving valedictory love letter.... an LP that exists simultaneously in both light and darkness" 4/5 MOJO
"an album that is hopeful, devastating and intoxicating" 4/5 The Times
"a true masterclass" Loud & Quiet
"the most beautiful work of her career thus far" Gold Flake Paint
"songs that are soul-crushingly beautiful" Stereogum 'Album of the Week’
"the singer-songwriter’s new album offers gentle, cosmic affirmation... The rare power of her voice give[s] Byrne's folk its mystical heft." Pitchfork
“her most expansive writing yet." The FADER
"A powerful return from one of our sharpest songwriters." Paste
Today, Julie Byrne releases The Greater Wings, her first album in over six years, via Ghostly International. The album is a testament to patience and determination, the willingness to transform through the desolation of loss, the vitality of renewal, and the courage to rise, forever changed. A self-taught musician that has committed her life to her work, she now emerges from a deeply trying and generative period with the most powerful, lustrous, and life-affirming music of her career, as evidenced by the album’s singles “Summer Glass,” “The Greater Wings,” and “Moonless.” While they hold the plasticity of grief and trauma, the songs are universally resonant, unbridled in their devotion and joy, held up by the love and alliance of a chosen family.
Byrne leans further into atmospheres both expansive and intimate; the lush, evocative songcraft flows between her signature fingerpicked guitar, synthesizer, and a newly adopted piano, made wider by flourishes of harp and strings. It is the transcendent sound of resource, of friendship that was never without romance, of loyalty that burns from within like a heart on fire, and the life force summoned in unrepeatable moments — raw, gorgeous, and wild.
Listening options here: https://ghostly.ffm.to/julie-byrne-the-greater-wings
UK & IRELAND TOUR DATES 2023
23/7 - Hebden Bridge Trades Club w/ Zandra
26/7 - London Kings Place Hall w/ Juni Habel
28/7 - Brighton St Bartholomew's Church w/ Juni Habel
19/8 - Green Man Festival
16/11 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club
17/11 - Glasgow Mono
18/11 - Manchester St. Michael's Church 21/11 - London EartH Theatre
22/11 - Bristol The Jam Jar
24/11 - Limerick Dolans Upstairs
25/11 - Dublin Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
26/11 - Belfast The Black Box
Tickets available at juliemariebyrne.com
