Composer and multi-instrumentalist Yasmin Williams has introduced her new album, Acadia, which arrives October 4 through Nonesuch—marking Williams’ debut on the label. At this time, Williams reveals lead single “Virga,” which options visitor vocals from indie-folk outfit Darlingside. Hear that beneath, and scroll down for the album artwork and tracklist.
Acadia consists of 9, largely instrumental songs, all written and produced by Williams. She additionally performs a bunch of devices on the file: guitar, banjo, calabash drum, kora, and even faucet footwear. Williams enlisted contributions from saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, singer Aoife O’Donovan, rhythm bones player Dom Flemons, and extra.
“Acadia has a number of meanings,” Williams famous in a press launch. She continued:
Of the lead single “Virga,” Williams added: “A virga is a meteorological phenomenon the place streaks of rain dangle from a cloud and evaporate earlier than reaching the bottom. I associated this sentiment to the way it feels for me to be an artist in an business that doesn’t appear to at all times worth artwork and reflection. I ultimately realized that I wanted to discover ways to thrive ‘in virga,’ so to talk. To study to be okay with feeling barely suspended in time, with my hopes and desires dangling in an surroundings I’ve no management over, by no means absolutely having my toes planted on the bottom.”
Acadia follows Yasmin Williams’ breakout 2021 full-length Urban Driftwood. Learn extra about her in “25 New and Rising Artists Shaping the Future of Music in 2023.”
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