Laura Stevenson emerges from The Big Freeze with a new record on Don Giovanni

Hudson Valley songwriter Laura Stevenson will return with a new album this spring. Reportedly recorded in the dead of winter and appropriately titled The Big Freeze, it’ll be out March 29 via Don Giovanni Records, and Stevenson will play a show at PhilaMOCA on May 23 with Kississippi.

Stevenson is known as a fixture of the punk and indie rock scenes, but according to a press release from Don Giovanni, this record will mark a shift in style toward a more acoustic sound: “It is a natural aesthetic choice for the musician, who has often toured as a solo act and who pulls influence from the great American songbook, and a choice that plays to the core strength and organic beauty of her writing. And though it is easily the darkest and most emotionally-devastating album of Stevenson’s career, it is also without a doubt her most powerful.”

As Stevenson Tweeted, putting the songs together musically and lyrically was the difficult part; recording them came more effortlessly.

This subject matter was difficult to write about, but the album was easy to make. I'm so glad you'll finally hear it, because all I want to do is write songs and share them with people who find some meaning in them.

— Laura Stevenson (@laurastevenson) February 5, 2019

The forthcoming album’s first single, “Living Room, NY,” is out now. Listen below and find more information on Laura Stevenson’s Philly show on the XPN Concert Calendar.