Lean Year (Emilie Rex and Rick Alverson) is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Erik Hall lives in rural Michigan, where he records and co-produces the band’s records with Alverson.
“A quietly devastating record.”— MOJO
“...an impressive debut.”— Pitchfork
“Stunning… such beautiful atmosphere.”— NPR Music
“…gorgeously minimal slice of modern-folk.”— For The Rabbits
“Every note seems to have been dropped perfectly in place...”— Austin Town Hall
“...stunning...a tender landscape of captivating intrigue...”— Gold Flake Paint
“…a gorgeous piece of ghostly folk-rock, like a flickering transmission coming through an old radio from a lost place and time.”— Stereogum