Odie Leigh, Blood Root

media release: New Orleans-bred, Detroit-based singer-songwriter Odie Leigh releases her infectious debut album on July 12 with new song and companion video "Already (On My Mind)" out now.

"'Already (On My Mind)' is a reflection on the beginning of a relationship and the confusion that comes with it, I wanted the verses and chorus to almost feel like different songs," says Odie Leigh. "We kept the verses simple and driving to reflect the groundedness of being with another person and feeling secure and made the choruses lofty and vibrant to capture the feeling of the spiraling uncertainty that comes with a new relationship. 

"Also, I tried to sneak as much trumpet into this album as I could. There are a couple of songs that we recorded trumpet on but ended up taking it out and thankfully this isn’t one of them. I knew from the beginning that I wanted this track to feel full and fun and welcoming, and I think we accomplished that exactly."

On Carrier Pigeon, Odie says:

“Standing in a bar in the French Quarter and dressed up like a clown, I invited the tourist I met the night before to come home with me. 'We’ve had a great night and I don’t want to spoil it,' he said, 'sometimes I try to get too much out of a good thing.'

"I agreed with him, our one evening had already turned into two and the rational thing to do would be to spend the rest of our Halloween weekend with friends, not a stranger from out of town. Fortunately, I am not always rational. The stranger stuck around.

"I wrote 'A Good Thing' the next day and the rest of the album in the year that followed. This whole project is just a play-by-play of me falling in Love.

"Songwriting has always been a means for me to get my thoughts out about real people and situations, and it’s scary how they then get to hear my raw, heat-of-the-moment thoughts about them later on. I’ll be writing all the things I wish I could say to a particular person and thinking 'I might as well just be throwing a message in a bottle into the ocean.' This album really reflects that concept. Every song is a specific moment, a captured feeling, something that needed to be said. It's called 'Carrier Pigeon' because this album is the means of delivery. 

"I’ve learned that happy songs are scarier to talk about than sad ones. Sadness is something to be fixed, happiness is something that can be taken away.”

Carrier Pigeon (Mom + Pop) was produced by producer/musician/engineer Derek Ted and Odie Leigh, and its release has been heralded since January with the memorable singles: "My Name On A T-Shirt," "Conversation Starter," “Either Way” and “No Doubt.” To celebrate the album's release, Odie Leigh will continue her “Carrier Pigeon Tour” featuring an extensive run of headline shows this summer and fall highlighted by appearances in the UK as well as stops in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and more.