Maria Lane makes moodiness into a masterclass on vulnerability
thefader.comAfter releasing her first single in 2021, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Maria Lane knew she wanted to start over. “Strangers Again,” as she told the FADER, didn’t feel like the best introduction to the world; leaning more toward pop than the acoustic indie-folk sound she finds a comfortable home in. “Sometimes when you first work with a producer and you're a songwriter, you don't really know how to mesh those two worlds together,” she said of the process. “I was very much like, I guess whatever he says is right.” After connecting with producer Julian Giaimo through her partner, they’d go on to craft singles like her latest release “Nashville” and her 2022 album maybe i’ll feel better together.
Now, her warm, wistful, and sometimes haunting voice floats over acoustic strings and ambient sounds, helping make songs like “mean it” and “serotonin” feel intimate; even conversational.
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