Maia Friedman Releases New Album, Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, Today via Last Gang Records

Today, New York-based musician Maia Friedman releases her new album Goodbye Long Winter Shadow via Last Gang Records.  Goodbye Long Winter Shadow is immaculately balanced. From the first moments of the album, layers of strings, woodwinds, acoustic guitar and Friedman’s warm anchoring voice blossom as if to say “you are here.” Its lush arrangements and sage lyricism are an enveloping statement of intent. They carry the devotion to nature Friedman fostered growing up in California’s Sierra Nevada with a new mother’s exploration of time and transformation. 

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To begin writing Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, Friedman visited her parents’ home in California and searched their book collection. She was drawn to the zen poetry of Jim Harrison’s After Ikkyū, its sparse forms and momentary bursts of humor. Following, she spent months developing the language of the album, pursuing the music she envisioned with characteristic patience. Produced with Philip Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Florist) and Oliver Hill (Magdalena Bay, Helado Negro), the result is chamber pop abounding with melodic intimacy, a world where instruments bob and weave around the heart-stopping clarity of Friedman’s voice. In addition to making her own gorgeous music, Friedman plays in Dirty Projectors and Coco. 

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Maia Friedman just finished up a North American tour with Basia Bulat. This Saturday, May 10th, she will play a special album release show with a full chamber ensemble at Los Angeles’ Glass Hill.  Tickets are on sale now.