The singer-songwriter Madison Cunningham has introduced her third studio album, Ace. The 14-song album explores highs and lows, falling out of affection and studying to fall again in once more. “You think you’re on the verge of true healing but something scares you,” Cunningham says of the album’s themes, “And you have to start all over.” Ace is out October 10 on Verve Forecast.
The album is led by the one “My Full Name,” which finds the Los Angeles musician buying and selling her guitar for the piano whereas processing heartbreak: “Love’s a kind of sorrow worth saving,” she sings in a reside solo efficiency video.
Ace was co-produced by Cunningham and Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Rilo Kiley, Bahamas, Peach Pit). “This is the first record that’s ever felt like mine from start to finish. It was as light to make as its subject matter was heavy,” Cunningham wrote on Instagram. “I’ve never felt more ownership over anything creatively, yet that was all due to the deep collaboration with some of my favorite musicians and best friends on the planet.”
The report features a collaboration with Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, who lends his vocals to “Wake.” “We did maybe ten takes where she played and sang perfectly every time and I struggled to keep up,” Pecknold says of their collaboration. “She’s a force and an inspiration.”
Ace is a observe as much as 2022’s Revealer, which received a Grammy award for Greatest Folks Album. That album’s “Life According to Raechel” additionally obtained a nomination for Greatest American Roots Efficiency. Her first album for Verve Forecast was 2019’s Who Are You Now, which obtained a Grammy Award nomination for Greatest Americana Album.
Final yr, Cunningham and Andrew Chook launched Cunningham Chook, which covers 1973’s Buckingham Nicks, the pre-Fleetwood Mac collaboration of Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks. Cunningham has additionally collaborated with Remi Wolf, Lake Road Dive, Jacob Collier, Chris Thile, and extra.
Order Madison Cunningham’s Ace now.
