Ahead of an upcoming tour with HAIM — which has a lone Canadian stop in Vancouver — Atlanta, GA, singer-songwriter Faye Webster has announced Car Therapy Sessions, due out April 29 via Secretly Canadian. The EP features new and reimagined songs backed by a full orchestra. In anticipation, she has also released a video for "Car Therapy."
Speaking about how the project came about, Webster said in a press release:
I have a vivid memory of walking around London in 2018 listening to a mix of Jonny, which I had just written. I remember thinking "I want to perform this song with an orchestra." I truly have had my heart set on it since then, always talking about it and figuring out how or when to make it happen.
I chose these songs mostly for them being some of my favourites but also thinking about how different they would sound with an orchestra. Especially "Cheers," I feel like that's the one song people wouldn't think I would choose but that's exactly why I did. Trey also made all the arrangements so that they start off playing songs of mine that I didn't end up choosing, which I thought was brilliant.
The recording experience was beautiful, I was truly fighting tears. I think I had actually even cried listening to the demos. I was put in a position where I could see the conductor as well as the producer, which I needed because I honestly couldn't pick up on my cues sometimes even though I wrote the songs. I was so distracted in how beautiful the orchestra sounded I would forget to sing sometimes.
Watch a Sean Valdivieso-directed video for "Car Therapy" below, where you'll also find the EP's tracklisting and Webster's upcoming tour dates.
Car Therapy Sessions:
1. Kind Of (Type of Way)
2. Sometimes (Overanalyze)
3. Car Therapy
4. Suite: Jonny
5. Cheers (To You & Me)
Faye Webster 2022 Tour Dates:
04/29 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
05/04 Austin, TX - Moody Amphitheatre *
05/05 Irving, TX - The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory *
05/06 Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall *
05/08 Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place *
05/09 Miami, FL - FPL Solar Amphitheatre *
05/11 Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre *
05/13 Washington, D.C. - The Anthem*
05/14 Washington, D.C. - The Anthem*
05/17 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
05/19 Cincinnati, OH - Andrew J. Brady Icon Music Center *
05/20 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater*
08/12 Harrisburg, PA - XL Live
08/13 North Adams, MA - Mass MoCA
08/14 Lafayette, NY - Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
08/19 Boston, MA - Royale
08/26-28 Port Townsend, WA - Thing Festival
08/28 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
09/16 Los Angeles, CA - Primavera Sound Festival
* with HAIM
Speaking about how the project came about, Webster said in a press release:
I have a vivid memory of walking around London in 2018 listening to a mix of Jonny, which I had just written. I remember thinking "I want to perform this song with an orchestra." I truly have had my heart set on it since then, always talking about it and figuring out how or when to make it happen.
I chose these songs mostly for them being some of my favourites but also thinking about how different they would sound with an orchestra. Especially "Cheers," I feel like that's the one song people wouldn't think I would choose but that's exactly why I did. Trey also made all the arrangements so that they start off playing songs of mine that I didn't end up choosing, which I thought was brilliant.
The recording experience was beautiful, I was truly fighting tears. I think I had actually even cried listening to the demos. I was put in a position where I could see the conductor as well as the producer, which I needed because I honestly couldn't pick up on my cues sometimes even though I wrote the songs. I was so distracted in how beautiful the orchestra sounded I would forget to sing sometimes.
Watch a Sean Valdivieso-directed video for "Car Therapy" below, where you'll also find the EP's tracklisting and Webster's upcoming tour dates.
Car Therapy Sessions:
1. Kind Of (Type of Way)
2. Sometimes (Overanalyze)
3. Car Therapy
4. Suite: Jonny
5. Cheers (To You & Me)
Faye Webster 2022 Tour Dates:
04/29 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
05/04 Austin, TX - Moody Amphitheatre *
05/05 Irving, TX - The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory *
05/06 Houston, TX - 713 Music Hall *
05/08 Jacksonville, FL - Daily's Place *
05/09 Miami, FL - FPL Solar Amphitheatre *
05/11 Alpharetta, GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre *
05/13 Washington, D.C. - The Anthem*
05/14 Washington, D.C. - The Anthem*
05/17 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
05/19 Cincinnati, OH - Andrew J. Brady Icon Music Center *
05/20 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater*
08/12 Harrisburg, PA - XL Live
08/13 North Adams, MA - Mass MoCA
08/14 Lafayette, NY - Beak & Skiff Apple Orchards
08/19 Boston, MA - Royale
08/26-28 Port Townsend, WA - Thing Festival
08/28 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
09/16 Los Angeles, CA - Primavera Sound Festival
* with HAIM
