PATIENCE

Description

On Patience, Devin Shaffer leads a group of sensitive instrumentalists through a collection of moving and subdued folk songs. After finding a Martin guitar on the sidewalk with a note that said, "It's for you," Shaffer began writing a series of whispered folk songs from her bed that mark her move from Chicago to New York. First, Shaffer recorded the vocals and guitar in Chicago with Michael Macdonald (The Slaps, Tenci, Mia Joy, Tasha). Then, she arranges contributions from Lucy Liyou on piano, Sarah Galdes (L'Rain, Bartees Strange) on drums, Marilu Donovan (LEYA) on harp, and Mari Rubio (More Eaze) on pedal steel. The results update the intimacy of songwriters like Vashti Bunyan, Sibylle Baier, and Linda Perhacs for the 21st century.