The Asheville musician is back with the lead single from his next album, ‘Manning Fireworks,’ out in September his next album, “Manning Fireworks” will be out September 6th via Anti-Records, with a new song, “She’s Leaving You.” The track finds Lenderman flexing his characteristically clever and candid songwriting skills, delivering a sardonic assessment of a cheating husband’s grim midlife crisis that still maintains some poignancy: “Go rent a Ferrari/And sing the blues,” he sings at one point. “Believe that Clapton was the second coming.” Lenderman plays pretty much every instrument on the track, while his Wednesday bandmate, Karly Hartzman, sings backup, and producer Alex Farrar plays piano.
Lenderman and his band, the Wind, perform the track at a talent show, but their lackluster performance does little to win over the crowd, who are (understandably) more enthralled by the juggler, magician, cheerleaders, speed eater, interpretive dancer, and the guy who jumps over mop buckets and slippery-when-wet signs.
“Manning Fireworks” marks Lenderman’s fourth studio album and first for Anti-. It follows his 2022 breakthrough “Boat Songs“, as well as his 2023 live album “And the Wind (Live and Loose!)“.
“Manning Fireworks”, out on September 6th, 2024
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