Adrianne Lenker - Hours Were the Birds

Release Date: 11/12/26

Single LP reissue on 4AD.

Originally released on Saddle Creek and now reissued through 4AD. These early recordings offer a beautiful glimpse of the songwriting that established Adrianne Lenker as one of the most powerful voices in contemporary music.

Recorded in Minneapolis at Terrarium Studios with producer Rob Oesterlin, Hours Were the Birds captures ten intimate acoustic songs with the immediacy of a live solo performance.

Originally released in 2014, it is drenched in beautiful imagery and personal stories—the work of an artist conquering new territory with bravery and honesty.

Tracklist

1. Hours Were the Birds
2. Lighthouse
3. Disappear
4. Gone
5. Steamboat
6. To Violet
7. Indiana
8. Butterfly
9. Snow Song
10. A Love of Some Kind