Bright Future marks Lenkers first album since 2020s songs & instrumentals, and features co-production from Philip Weinrobe, alongside contributions from Nick Hakim, Mat Davidson, and Josefin Runsteen.

Following the previously released single Ruined, Sadness As A Gift sees Lenker at her most familiar and warm, a track that is both utterly timeless, yet sounding new and surprising on every listen. The aliveness of Adriannes voice keeps her poetry aloft. She sings in a circle completed by guitar, piano, violin, and all voices. The seasons go so fast // Thinking that this one was going to last // Maybe the question was too much to ask.

During the high vibrance of autumn 2022, the Big Thief band member got lucky. Everyone could come. Three musical friends, Some of my favourite people, ha