Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek - a-sides & besides [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4AD0898CD
Barcode: 0191400089822
Release Date: 11 Dec 2026
Genre: Alternative

Originally on Saddle Creek, now being reissued on 4AD.
Big Thief’s front-woman Adrianne Lenker has established herself as one of the most powerful voices in music. Prior to Big Thief exploding onto the scene in 2016, Adrianne Lenker had been quietly writing songs for years, both on her own and with Buck Meek. Her early solo releases are beautiful pieces of work that provide early glimpses of what was to come.
These releases (Hours Were the Birds, a-sides and besides and abysskiss) have now joined her 4AD home and are being made available on LP and CD.

Adrianne & Buck met the day she moved to New York City. They explored by bicycle and eventually began to play music together. Meek’s off-kilter, piercing guitar licks and solos were the perfect juxtaposition to bring Lenker’s melodic and stirring vocals and lyrics to fruition.
They made touring their whole lives, and in 2014, songs crafted on the road were captured on two EPs released under the moniker of Buck and Anne: one called a-sides and one called b-sides. Both warm, acoustic affairs.
a-sides and besides provide an early glimpse at what was to come, while standing on their own as a document of a deeply meaningful time in their creative lives.

Tracklisting:
1. Jonathan
2. Money
3. Kerina
4. Miss Misty
5. Indiana
6. Yuki Onna
7. I Still Hear You
8. Angels
9. A Better Time to Meet
10. Carolina
11. New York City
12. Ringing Bells
13. Row
14. Wallet