Name: These Are the Sounds Left From Leaving
Brand: Jenny Berkel

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-OUTS-9172C

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Colour

Orange

Colour details

Opaque Apricot Vinyl

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

623339917216

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / orange

CD-OUTS-9172

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Extended format: No

623339917223

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Jenny Berkel

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Outside Music

“I wrote the album in a tiny apartment, at a time when everything felt big and overwhelming,” says poet and songwriter Jenny Berkel about her new album, These Are the Sounds Left from Leaving. She was living in a brownstone walk-up full of radiant light and the ever-present soundscape of a leaky bath faucet. It was a sudden move at the time—a spontaneous departure from touring, bustling city life, being many things to many people—that landed Jenny in a space of self-imposed stillness.

“The songs themselves are a study of proximity, bringing big fears into small spaces,” says Jenny, reflecting on the album. “They’re intimate examinations of a world that often overwhelms.”

The album features contributions from critically acclaimed folk duo Kacy &amp; Clayton, and string arrangements by Colin Nealis (Andy Shauf)— the record was co-produced by Jenny alongside Dan Edmonds and Ryan Boldt (The Deep Dark Woods). 

Warm and dark, soft with stabs of madness, These Are the Sounds Left from Leaving is a cohesive collection of spare songs that bloom lushly with detail.

Whether you’re reading Jenny’s poetry or listening to her songs, you’ll experience her drawing layers of far-reaching concern into particular moments, like concentric waves rippling inward toward a lone cast stone. These Are the Sounds Left from Leaving showcases the perspective of a unique storytelling artist, with an evocative practice that hinges powerful narratives on the intricacies of a multifaceted musicality. A songwriter immersed in poetry, a poet immersed in music—her work in all its forms is an invitation into a world of relatable introspection, in which even absences can be sculpted into vividly memorable verse.