Premiere: Kirstie Lynn and Galen Clark’s self-titled album is both soaring and intimate, and you can hear the whole thing now

Kirstie Lynn & Galen Clark. // photo courtesy the artist

Kirstie Lynn and Galen Clark have been making music together for three years now, and the duo have fast become some of the best folk performers in the area. In 2022, the pair released Cindergarden, the first of a two-part record with a softer set of A-sides, with a rowdier collection of B-sides coming in 2023.

Their self-titled album releases today on Manor Records, and we’re excited to premiere it here at the Pitch as the pair kick off their summer tour in London, Ontario, for a set of dates which will take them through Canada and the northern US before winding its way through the Midwest—ending with a pair of local shows on Thursday, September 5, at Studio 901 in Lawrence, and Friday, September 6, at Knuckleheads.

Take a listen to the intimate and soaring collection of songs below.

Lynn says of the album: “Now that it’s been three years of making music as a duo, it feels like we’re settling into ‘our sound’ and we feel very proud of the record we’ve created. Drawing from many genres and musical backgrounds, I always say that our music is folk at its core but with many different inspirations. In the making of this album we explored harmony, textures, and even new instruments, but it all felt like home. It’s easy to fall into an idea of ‘what it should sound like,’ but this album is a strong, honest, yet gentle rebuttal to that notion.”

Clark’s take on this new record is: “An overarching theme that can be heard in many of the songs is that of development, transition, and change to be observed both in ourselves and nature – in the pushing through the soil, the navigation of circumstance, and determination to grow into something new. We hope this record can be something people relate to in this regard or truly whatever interpretation they find kind, affirming, and acknowledging of the growth that can be observed even on the most intimate scale in the present, rather than the weight of regret in the past or anxiety for the future.”