Faye Webster - UNDERDRESSED AT THE SYMPHONY - Japan CD

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Faye Webster

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Atlanta, USA singer-songwriter Faye Webster has leaped into the vanguard of young independent artists. Releasing her fifth album, Underdressed at the Symphony, amid a flood of new fans and attention, Faye Webster's new album's title was inspired by her occasional urge to lose herself in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra audience "Going to the symphony is a great experience for me," Webster said. Going to the symphony was like therapy for me. It allowed me to leave a time in my life when I felt like it was a shitty time and be in a different world for a little bit. I felt like I didn't belong, and I loved that," she says.The world around Webster may be moving faster and faster, but despite the flood of new fans and attention, she's still on her fifth album and about it in an almost impossibly understated way. She sings about it. In fact, when I first heard her voice on Underdressed at the Symphony, she navigated an unmapped space between comfort and caution.For Webster, there has never been a more comfortable time. That makes her rise to the vanguard of young independent artists all the sweeter for her uniqueness: Webster has always been a country-tinged indie rocker who incorporates pedal steel and modern R&B production/songwriting at the same time. might be making. This particular sound has earned her a devoted following. It is not uncommon to see these fans singing along, word for word, at Webster's shows. Even more interesting, Webster does not even have a TikTok account, yet several of her songs have become hits on TikTok, including "Kingston," "Right Side of My Neck," "In a Good Way," and most recently "I Know You"! On "Underdressed at the Symphony," recorded at Sonic Ranch, a studio in Texas, with her longtime band, she celebrates experimentation, playfulness, and a sense of adventure. Vocoders, orchestras, strange harmonies and synths are used without sacrificing the spacious quality of Webster's previous songs, and each lyric surfaces with increasing meaning. Wilco's Nels Cline adds emotional fretwork to many of the songs, and the band's own "Pistol" Stoessel's pedal steel adds an exquisite shimmer.