Ada Lea announces new album with opening track "damn"

27 July 2021, 14:43 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Ada Lea, the project of Montreal's Alexandra Levy, has announced her second album one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden, alongside sharing the opener "damn" to accompany the news.

"damn" is the opening track from Ada Lea's second album, and follows last month's "hurt" single, which is the closing song on the record.

one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden will arrive after her 2019 debut album what we say in private, and was recorded in LA with Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Marshall Vore.

Levy says, "Marshall’s expertise and experience with drumming and songwriting was the perfect blend for what the songs needed. He was able to support me in a harmonic, lyrical, and rhythmic sense."

The new album also saw Ada Lea work with drummer Tasy Hudson, guitarist Harrison Whitford (Phoebe Bridgers) and mixing engineer Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett).

Tracklist:

damn
can’t stop me from dying
oranges
partner
saltspring
and my newness spoke to your newness and it was a thing of endless
my love 4 u is real
backyard
writer in ny
violence
hurt

"damn" is out now. Ada Lea's one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden album will be released via Saddle Creek on 24 September, and is available to pre-order now.