Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley frontwoman, Postal Service collaborator) has announced the release of her upcoming solo record, the follow up to 2008's Acid Tongue, titled The Voyager. The effort is due out July 29 via Warner Bros, Rolling Stone reports.
The Voyager was produced mostly in California by Ryan Adams and Mike Viola at Adams' Pax Am studio. "Ryan and I didn't know each other very well before this album," Lewis told Rolling Stone. "We had hardly even listened to one another's music, to be honest. But I trusted the vision, and Ryan ended up being the person to get me over the fear of finishing something I'd been working on for so long." Other contributors to the record include Beck and Johnathan Rice.
Lewis told Rolling Stone why it took so long to finish the record. "Making The Voyager got me through one of the most difficult periods of my life," Lewis said. "After Rilo Kiley broke up and a few really intense personal things happened, I completely melted down. It nearly destroyed me. I had such severe insomnia that, at one point, I didn't sleep for five straight nights. Many of the songs on The Voyager came out of the need to occupy my mind in the moments when I just couldn't shut down."
"This record was the hardest one I ever made," Lewis added. "The Voyager tells that story: the longest night of my life and the journey to finally getting some rest."
Lewis is currently on tour through the beginning of August with stops at Newport Folk Festival, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and Austin City Limits.
Check out the tracklist for the album below, and let us know what you think in the comments section.
The Voyager Tracklist:
01. Head Underwater
02. She's Not Me
03. Just One of the Guys
04. Slippery Slopes
05. Late Bloomer
06. You Can't Outrun 'Em
07. The New You
08. Aloha & the Three Johns
09. Love U Forever
10. The Voyager
