“The US singer-songwriter Julie Byrne recorded her third album amid a seismic life event: the death of her collaborator, friend and one-time lover Eric Littmann at the age of 31, while they were making The Greater Wings. With lyrics written before but the music finished after, its drifting, drumless songs seem to wander a bardo between this life and another. Attuned to sun, moon and sky as she mov”
“Julie Byrne’s third album The Greater Wings is an intimate yet expansive masterpiece rooted in loss and grief”
“Completed after the death of her producer, collaborator, and close friend, the New York singer-songwriter’s album envisions mourning as a form of meditative practice and constant renewal.”
“The singer’s third album is beautiful and frequently sublime”
