Lanue

Feeling detached from her previous work, Duluth, MN’s Sarah Krueger set out to Hive, a small studio nestled near the river in her hometown of Eau Claire, WI. Between the cusp of a long winter and the fringe of summer’s swell, Krueger fleshed out a collection of songs that would later become the catalyst for Lanue. Culled from the title of a poem that found its way to Krueger from a thrift store shelf, Lanue comes to us as a project that boasts a more developed taste and sincerity- both a welcome departure and anticipated return.

In Lanue’s self titled LP, Krueger continues to amplify her knack for earnest songwriting adorned with honey drenched vocals. Ranging from confessional to nostalgic, each track is brightened by a lush lift while continuing to rest inside the framework of the folk tradition. With help from Steve Garrington ( <a href="spotify:artist:0wz0jO9anccPzH04N7FLBH" data-name="Low">Low</a> ), Sean Carey ( <a href="spotify:artist:2LSJrlndCuTpdEluvYHc2E" data-name="S. Carey">S. Carey</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ" data-name="Bon Iver">Bon Iver</a> ), <a href="spotify:artist:0Xyrv6l8nqOpC7SFsmtECP" data-name="JT Bates">JT Bates</a> ( <a href="spotify:artist:43NpjLskaVb5j2Jgt6fdbP" data-name="Pieta Brown">Pieta Brown</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02" data-name="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> ), Ben Lester ( <a href="spotify:artist:1n5YEhuNLUQG4fyhft986d" data-name="Field Report">Field Report</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:4MXUO7sVCaFgFjoTI5ox5c" data-name="Sufjan Stevens">Sufjan Stevens</a> ) , Ryan Young ( <a href="spotify:artist:3GjVVVcFmUgEJEAAsbGkf4" data-name="Trampled by Turtles">Trampled by Turtles</a> ) &#43; <a href="spotify:artist:0v65WLY3fpgtvyaN6dWdZ4" data-name="Erik Koskinen">Erik Koskinen</a>, Lanue&#39;s debut arrives at a place of stark honesty &amp; inviting warmth.

In time, Krueger was approached by <a href="spotify:artist:0wz0jO9anccPzH04N7FLBH" data-name="Low">Low</a> &#39;s Alan Sparhawk with a desire to explore a sound that was more stripped back and stark than the lush, twangy 2021 album. Slowly the pair would chip away at songs in Alan’s Duluth hillside home until they arrived at “Fire in My Mind” - a five song EP that dabbles in an electric synth sound with a tendency to lean into subtle tension and buoyant obscurity.