A true musical innovator, New Yorker Cassandra Jenkins is back with My Light, My Destroyer. A confident dreamer, fusing field recordings with pop hooks, breathy vocals with jazz tinged moments, and defying any simple definition, Jenkins' third studio album is set to push the boundaries of what we thought we knew about her. Featuring a brilliant host of guests including Hand Habits' Meg Duffy, Katie Von Schleicher, Palehound’s El Kempner, Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman, and many more, we can't wait to hear the full record when it's revealed in July on the trusty Dead Oceans. - Flying Out
Like the night sky itself, the world of My Light, My Destroyer is always expanding. Cassandra Jenkins’ third full-length cracks open the promise of reaching the edge of the new, with a wider sonic palette than ever before—encompassing guitar-driven indie rock, new age, sophistipop, and jazz. At the center of it all is Jenkins’ curiosity towards the quarks and quasars that make up her universe, as she blends field recordings with poetic lyricism that is at turns allusive, humorous, devastating and confessional—an alchemical gesture that further deepens the richness of My Light, My Destroyer’s 13 songs.
Jenkins suffuses My Light, My Destroyer with an easy confidence, which betrays the simple truth that the road here was not without difficulty. Referring to the 2021 breakout An Overview on Phenomenal Nature as her “intended swan song,” she explains that she was prepared to hang it up when it came to touring and releasing her own music. “I was channeling what I knew in that moment– feeling lost,” Jenkins recalls. “When that record came out, and people started to respond to what I had written, my plans to quit were foiled in the most unexpected, heartening, and generous way. Ready or not, it reinvigorated me.”
Tracklist
1 Devotion
2 Clams Casino
3 Delphinium Blue
4 Shatner's Theme
5 Aurora, Il
6 Betelgeuse
7 Omakase
8 Music?
9 Petco
10 Attente Téléphonique
11 Tape and Tissue
12 Only One
13 Hayley
