Name: The Greater Wings
Brand: Julie Byrne

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: Yes

Catalogue number

GI416lp-C3

Colour

Purple

Colour details

Red/Purple

Discogs ID

[r27605811]

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: Yes

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-07

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

804297841656&nbsp;

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Purple LP | Rough Trade Exclusive

Bonus disc: No

GI416lp

Black

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format: No

804297841618

Black LP

GI416CD

804297841625

Artist

Julie Byrne

Genre US

Folk

Label US

Ghostly International

Julie Marie Byrne is a singer-songwriter originally from Buffalo, New York. Currently residing in New York City, she has captivated audiences with her soulful and introspective music. With her unique blend of folk and indie rock influences, Julie's heartfelt lyrics and haunting melodies have earned her critical acclaim. Her honest and evocative storytelling transports listeners to a world of raw emotions and introspection. Whether performing on stage or recording in the studio, Julie's passion for music shines through in every note she sings.
Born and raised in Buffalo, Julie discovered her love for music at an early age. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, she began writing songs that reflected her own experiences and observations of the world around her. After relocating to New York City, Julie honed her craft by performing at local venues and gaining recognition for her captivating live performances.
With each album release, Julie continues to push boundaries and explore new musical territories. Her critically acclaimed albums have garnered praise for their poetic lyricism, ethereal vocals, and intricate guitar work. From intimate acoustic ballads to atmospheric soundscapes, Julie's music creates a mesmerizing sonic landscape that resonates with listeners on a deep level.

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The first album in over six years from American songwriter Julie Byrne isa 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. For nearly a decade, Byrne has moved through the world as a characteristically private artist largely outside the public eye. 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&nbsp;career,&nbsp;The&nbsp;Greater Wings. 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 song craft 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.&nbsp;

The Greater Wings&nbsp;was written across several seasons, pulling imagery from nights on tour, periods of isolation, and the drives cross-country for its various collaborations between Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Recording started with the late Eric Littmann, her longtime creative partner and&nbsp;Not Even Happiness&nbsp;producer, and finished in the Catskills of New York with producer Alex Somers (Sigur Rós, Julianna Barwick).&nbsp;&nbsp;

“My hope for&nbsp;The Greater Wings&nbsp;is that it lives as a love letter to my chosen family and as an expression of the depth of my commitment to our shared future. Being reshaped by grief also has me more aware of what death does not take from me. I commit that to heart, to words, to sound. Music is not bound to any kind of linear time, so in the capacity to record and speak to the future: this is what it felt like to me, when we were simultaneous, alive, occurring all at once. What it has felt like to go up against my edge and push, the love that has made it worth all this&nbsp;fight. These&nbsp;memories are my values, they belong with me.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Julie Byrne will confess the success of her 2017 LP&nbsp;Not Even Happiness&nbsp;was unexpected; nine gracefully road-worn odes to the fringes of life she assembled without any expectation that they’d travel so far beyond their DIY origins. But its hushed closing track, “I Live Now As A Singer,” did forecast an intention. She knew the open space — occupied by Littmann’s signature palette of synth&nbsp;tones, Jake&nbsp;Falby’s strings, and Byrne’s robust, drifting voice — presented something new and thrilling, something they’d develop as a live band touring the world, and what would later be under-stood as the catalyst for material to come. From orchestral folk meditations (“The Greater Wings”, “Portrait of a Clear Day”) to winds wept piano ballads (“Moonless”, “Death Is The Diamond”) to the luminous, synth-driven euphoria of “Summer Glass, ”The Greater Wings builds on this revelatory space at every turn.&nbsp;

The Greater Wings

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Discover The Greater Wings by Julie Byrne. Available in LP and CD formats, including a Rough Trade Exclusive. A testament to patience and determination, this album showcases Byrne's powerful and life-affirming music. Label: Ghostly International.