Courtney Marie Andrews Old Flowers LP

"Old Flowers is about heartbreak. There are a million records and songs about that, but I did not lie when writing these songs. This album is about loving and caring for the person you know you can't be with. It's about being afraid to be vulnerable after you've been hurt. It's about a woman who is alone, but okay with that, if it means truth.

These songs came to me alone, late nights in Bisbee, Lisbon, Nashville, and London. Sometimes I'd just cry and sing, and a song would come out. I drank too much wine while writing this record, lit too many candles. You could say this was my attempt to summon the muse, but that's bullshit, because she was just standing there naked looking me in the eyes. So I told her the truth.

This is my story of the most heartbreaking, but soul-revealing, year of my life. I drove myself mad. I drove to the smoky mountains just to drive back. I danced with a Portuguese boxer and cried on his shoulder in a Fado cafe. I did everything an artist is 'supposed to do.' But at the end of the day, beyond all the romance, these songs are my truth. I think they might be yours too." - Courtney Marie Andrews

Old Flowers was produced by Andrew Sarlo (Bon Iver, Big Thief). It was recorded at Sound Space Studio and features only three musicians: Andrews (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano), Twain's Matthew Davidson (bass, celeste, mellotron, pedal steel, piano, pump organ, wurlitzer, background vocals) and Big Thief's James Krivchenia (drums, percussion).

'If I Told' is a spare, meditative performance, scratchy acoustic guitars anchoring a track that's otherwise flecked with searching piano notes and anxious background textures. And up front in all of it is Andrews' voice, wringing beauty out of pain and self-realization.

New song 'If I Told' is out now, a gorgeous, spartan composition that finds Courtney resolutely wearing her heart on her sleeve.