Faye Webster – Underdressed At The Symphony LP Online

Faye Webster s songs are direct lines to the human subconscious, and Underdressed at the Symphony documents what happens once you begin to build a new self from the ashes of your old routines. This rebirth isn t flashy or definitive, but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that, scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way toward something like healing. Yes, there s a breakup in play, but Webster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup so much as she s navigating the contours of heartbreak itself. Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtime band, Webster is accompanied on Underdressed at the Symphony by Matt Stoessel s arcs of shimmering pedal steel, the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and, occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilco s Nels Cline. The title of the album refers to Webster s post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphony on a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.