Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony

Faye Webster - Underdressed at the Symphony

Faye Webster’s songs are direct lines to the human
subconscious, and Underdressed at the Symphony documents
what happens once you begin to build a new self from the
ashes of your old routines. This rebirth isn’t flashy or definitive,
but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that,
scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way toward
something like healing. Yes, there’s a breakup in play, but
Webster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup so
much as she’s navigating the contours of heartbreak itself.
Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtime
band, Webster is accompanied on Underdressed at the
Symphony by Matt Stoessel’s arcs of shimmering pedal steel,
the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and,
occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilco’s Nels Cline,
among many other crucial players. The title of the album refers
to Webster’s post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphony
on a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.
“Going to the symphony was almost like therapy for me. I was
quite literally underdressed at the symphony because I would
just decide at that moment that that's what I wanted to do,”
she says. “That's what I felt like I needed to hear. I got to leave
what I felt like was kind of a shitty time in my life and be in
this different world for a minute.”
That strain of lightheartedness with a melancholic backbone
permeates the album, and is the major driving force behind
“Lego Ring,” which features Atlanta multi-hyphenate Lil Yachty,
the only guest voice on the entire album. Yachty’s ghostly
warble floats just under Webster’s voice, jabbing through
empty space, trembling over a low rumble of bass. The song is
also a sort of release—a buoyant moment that cuts through the
sadness. “I think I hit a point in songwriting during this record
where I was just like, man, I said a lot.” Webster says. “I'm just
going to sit down and sing about this ring that I really want.”
Like the rest of the album, Webster isn’t providing answers, nor
is she on some epic journey of healing and self-care. Instead,
she’s choosing to just live, to document heartbreak and
ridiculous moments right next to each other, until they start to
blur together, becoming real enough for us all to feel.

Tracks
SIDE A
1.Thinking About You
2. But Not Kiss
3. Wanna Quit All the Time
4. Lego Ring
5. Feeling Good Today

SIDE B
1. Lifetime
2. He Loves Me Yeah!
3. eBay Purchase History
4. Underdressed at the
Symphony
5. Tttttime

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