Description
Brand new album from this acclaimed local singer, her first since 2018 and one well worth the wait. In 2019 Freya journeyed to the Californian desert to record a new body of work at the famed studio Rancho de la Luna. With Lucinda Williams’ band Buick 6 and renowned guitarist Greg Leisz (Eric Clapton, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris et al) in on the sessions, Freya cut the tracks that make up the colourful landscape of The Real World. A multi-faceted album boasting influences from Gene Clark to Allen Toussaint, The Real World features a large band (a dozen players on lap steel to synths to strings), saw its opening track, “Nobody’s Better Than No One” synced on the HBO show, The Flight Attendant, and has already had national radio airplay.
The Real World reflects the magic of the environment it was created in. It’s as ethereal as it is hard hitting, as hopeful as it is melancholy, as hot as it is cool. It takes us from groove driven tracks full of outlaw attitude like Nobody’s No Better Than No One, to the tear-jerking eco-romance ballad of the album’s title track with all the ease you could expect from someone with the song writing talent of Freya.
