Ada Lea - When I Paint My Masterpiece [LP - Tangerine]

Release Date: 8/8/2025 Label: Saddle Creek “The hand knows best,” the painter Margaux Williamson says. “A shape produces itself, where I go toward what is intuitive, rather than logical.” The shapely, intuitive songs that comprise Ada Lea's third album, when i paint my masterpiece, are surprising, imagistic, tactile. Alexandra Levy holds her guitar against the backdrop of a sea of her paintings on the album cover and it’s tempting to ask: is painting a metaphor here, for music or life? No! She resists tidy metaphors. She’s a master of this kind of thorny lowercase title that germinates and grows with time. In a real, profound way, music and painting go hand-in-hand as she unveils a new style of subversion and surrealism inspired by her transdisciplinarity. After years of touring, Alexandra Levy (Ada Lea) felt a need for community and renewal. when i paint my masterpiece was largely recorded in rural Ontario in the waning weeks of 2023, and its harmonies and arrangements link back to