Summer Quarter, by Madeline Kenney

Summer Quarter

by Madeline Kenney

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1.	Summer Quarter 03:56	info	buy track
2.	Wasted Time 03:36	info	buy track
3.	Truth 03:58	info	buy track
4.	Superstition 04:30	info	buy track

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On her self-produced EP, Summer Quarter, Madeline Kenney untangles moments of existential doubt and experiments with genre. After touring was cancelled following her album Sucker’s Lunch, Kenney was confronted by an extended period of unplanned time, sending her down a rabbit hole to reflect on where she ended up. She thus shifted her focus to conducting a study of new sonic interests and experimental production, a rare opportunity that could only present itself as time slowed down. The songs on Summer Quarter echo and ripple as she meanders between worldly questions and intimate observations, recording the loops that occur when you have almost too much time to think.

Kenney’s career has been notably dotted with collaborators like Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi, but this work is the first that is entirely produced by Kenney herself; all recorded in her windowless basement in Oakland, CA. With Summer Quarter, she is able to showcase her musical curiosity, letting herself experiment with soft synths and vocal treatments previously unassociated with her catalog. She stitches together dreamy sounds that both harmonize and contrast, pushing against the constraints that genres inherently assert. As she explores deeper into new musical territory, she unpacks the profound realization that life hasn’t turned out the way she expected. On the track “Wasted Time” she sings “So far/I’m going over everything /I care/But only when I’m suffering,” looking for ways forward through an existential fog.

Madeline Kenney can make the most intimate and introspective of subjects still articulate the universal feelings that hide in people’s minds. Summer Quarter is not only an exposition of Madeline Kenney’s curiosity for music, but also a means to pause and wonder about how the world seems to just carry on, no matter how hard we try to catch up.

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released January 22, 2021

Summer Quarter -
Vox/Synth/Guitar - Madeline
Drums - Adam Johnson
Bass - Pat Jones

Wasted Time -
Vox/ Synth/ Guitar - Madeline
Drums - Nathan Repasz
Bass - Jenn Wasner

Truth -
Vox/ Synth/ Guitar - Madeline
Drums - Adam Johnson
BG vox and synth bass - Pat Jones

Superstition -
Vox/ Guitar/ Synth - Madeline
Drums - Nathan Repasz
BG vox - Olivia Kaplan

All songs recorded by Madeline Kenney at home in Oakland.

Mixed by Pat Jones at Honeymoon Suite in Los Angeles

Mastered by Carlos Arredondo at Yappy Dap in Oakland.

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Madeline Kenney

Madeline is a musician, baker, artist, sucker, living in Oakland, CA.

US booking: sam@highroadtouring.com

management: szweig@anotherplanetent.com

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