Lissie, Cat Clyde

Illinois artist Lissie celebrates the release of her fifth studio album, the Americana-inspired Carving Canyons, with a tour. Adding to her early Stevie Nicks-esque sound, Lissie mixes haunting natural lyricism and smooth acoustic textures. Much of Carving Canyons was written in collaboration with female-identifying songwriters including Bre Kennedy and Sarah Bruxton. Through her work, Lissie emphasizes the power of self-healing and giving space to feel and forgive. With Cat Clyde.

media release: Midwestern artist Lissie is a multi-talented tour de force who will release her new Americana-tinged indie folk album Carving Canyons on September 16 via Lionboy Records. She previously shared first song “Flowers” and has unveiled her new single “Night Moves” today. Debuted by FLOOD Magazine, the haunting sun-soaked song channels Fleet

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wood Mac grandeur as it explores sensory memory and considering multiple realities vs one’s own point of view when navigating heartbreak. 

Lissie shares, “We shot the Night Moves video about an hour outside of Portland, OR. The director Sergio Cilli, crew and I got a beautiful cabin near Mt. Hood and pulled off a pretty intense late night shoot! The song itself is about being reminded of the absence of someone dear. From the way the breeze feels on your skin, to the light of the fire, all the sense memories a summer evening elicits. In the video I’m seen solo and with a partner, as well as my higher self. The parallel versions of what was or could be. A love lost that haunts but as time goes by, you recover from.”

Lissie appeared in the TV shows Twin Peaks & Loudermilk. She co-owns a pop music genre themed popcorn company Otts Pops Indie Pop as well as living on, managing & conserving 45 acres in NE Iowa. The twelve song collection is a sonic comfort as it simultaneously charts the ripples caused by heartbreak and loneliness as well as what happens when the soul perseveres amidst pain.

Produced by Curt Schneider (Patty Smyth, Lucero), Carving Canyons is about looking within while dealing with the uncertainty of the future—finding hope in personal and worldly adversity, no matter what the forecast might say. Inspired by her incredible intergenerational female friend group and the nature that surrounded her, Lissie traveled to Nashville and co-wrote much of the album with a majority of female-identifying songwriters—including Bre Kennedy, Madi Diaz, Morgan Nagler, Natalie Hemby, Kate York, and Sarah Buxton—who also contribute additional vocals throughout the album. Carving Canyons is another step in an impressive career that opens up endless possibilities for what’s to come.