Friday 7th December @ 8:00 PM
Courtney Marie Andrews
Courtney Marie Andrews spent over nine months of
2017 on the road, with multipletrips across the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. That's nothing new for Andrews, though. She's been touring relentlessly since leaving her Arizona hometown at 16. It's a life that inspired much of her 2017 breakthrough album, Honest Life. While that album's themes spoke to the isolation and rootlessness inherent in a life on the road, most of its songs were actually written during an intentional, extended break. The success that followed its release, however, didn't afford her the same break to write the material for her new album.
Although May Your Kindness Remain was predominately written on the road in the van, in hotels, and in the homes of family and friends - it's not a road record like its predecessor. That is, it's not so much inspired by her life on the road so much as it is by the people she's met along the way. In the end, the album finds Andrews at home in her restlessness, embracing her intuition. It has stretched her vocals, her sound and her songwriting to new depths and produced a brave record - a record that is unafraid of addressing the complexities of life in order to find common ground and understanding, no matter how divided this world may seem.
1 UK Top 40 Americana Albums Chart
1 UK Top 20 Independent Albums Breakers Chart
5 UK Top 50 Independent Albums Chart
12 UK Top 40 Vinyl Albums Chart
58 UK Top 100 Albums Chart
"May Your Kindness Remain confirms Andrews' rise. It's a brilliant record, proof that old forms can still be timeless." The Guardian
2017 on the road, with multipletrips across the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. That's nothing new for Andrews, though. She's been touring relentlessly since leaving her Arizona hometown at 16. It's a life that inspired much of her 2017 breakthrough album, Honest Life. While that album's themes spoke to the isolation and rootlessness inherent in a life on the road, most of its songs were actually written during an intentional, extended break. The success that followed its release, however, didn't afford her the same break to write the material for her new album.
Although May Your Kindness Remain was predominately written on the road in the van, in hotels, and in the homes of family and friends - it's not a road record like its predecessor. That is, it's not so much inspired by her life on the road so much as it is by the people she's met along the way. In the end, the album finds Andrews at home in her restlessness, embracing her intuition. It has stretched her vocals, her sound and her songwriting to new depths and produced a brave record - a record that is unafraid of addressing the complexities of life in order to find common ground and understanding, no matter how divided this world may seem.
1 UK Top 40 Americana Albums Chart
1 UK Top 20 Independent Albums Breakers Chart
5 UK Top 50 Independent Albums Chart
12 UK Top 40 Vinyl Albums Chart
58 UK Top 100 Albums Chart
"May Your Kindness Remain confirms Andrews' rise. It's a brilliant record, proof that old forms can still be timeless." The Guardian
