Allison Lorenzen - Tender LP

Featuring collaborations with Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Daniel Patrick Henry (Memory Tapes), Tender was written, recorded, and produced by Allison Lorenzen in Colorado, with the exception of VALE; recorded by Madeline Johnston. "Chalk" and "Afterthought" mixed by Charles Kern and "Birds, A Chapel" mixed by Luke Thinnes.Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur at Anacortes Unknown Studio.Artwork: Elena Zhukova edited by Arielle Casale. Layout and design Dustin Bowen. Still reeling from the gut-punch of the distortion filled lead single “Vale” released earlier this year, many of us wondered what a full-length LP by the Denver based artist would sound like. Using the dystopian fever-dream of the aforementioned Midwife collaboration as a noise floor, the 8 songs on Tender spiral upwards like worried smoke against a low cloud ceiling, reaching towards the light but always within sight of the loamy earth surface. Shepherding lush, heavy compositions by way of synths, keys, guitars and subtle percus