Madeline Kenney previews new album with third single "Picture of You"

"Picture of You" follows on from earlier offerings "Double Hearted" and lead single "Sucker".

According to Stereogum, Kenney said of her new single, "I had this brief moment where I was looking at someone I love and I realised that I could never truly know everything they had been through, or understand their whole life and experiences from their perspective, even if by loving them I felt like I was getting so close to that kind of understanding. It broke my heart in a way. I wish I could know and hold everything for a person but I can’t, and at the same time I wish I could do that for the past versions of myself. Maybe that’s more attainable."

Kenney's new album Sucker's Lunch will follow on from her 2018 second album Perfect Shapes, and sees Wye Oak members Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack take the lead on production duties. The trio created the tracks that make up the new LP between Oakland, San Francisco, and Durham.

She says of her forthcoming record, "I’m not interested in something easy or immediately apparent. My experience writing these songs wasn’t easy, it was painful and difficult. I was terrified of falling in love, and as much as I’d like to write a sticky sweet song for someone, it doesn’t come naturally to me. Instead I wanted to explore the tiny moments; sitting alone in my room guessing what the other person was thinking, spiraling into a maze of logical reasons to bail and finding my way out again. When I spoke with friends about the theme of the ‘idiot’, it became apparent that everyone understood that feeling and was relieved to hear it echoed in someone else."