SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, MOST OF US STARTED LISTENING TO EVERYBODY ELSE A LITTLE TOO MUCH. NOT LERA LYNN. “I KEPT TRYING TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP ME DEFINE MY IDENTITY,” SHE SAYS. “ULTIMATELY, EVERYTHING IS WRONG IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE CLEAR VISION YOURSELF.”

WITH HER NEW ALBUM ON MY OWN, LYNN HAS EMERGED NOT ONLY WITH A CLEAR VISION OF HERSELF, BUT WITH AN ENTIRELY SELF-PROPELLED BREAKTHROUGH: LYNN WROTE, SANG, PRODUCED AND RECORDED ON MY OWN ALONE. SHE ALSO PLAYED EVERY SINGLE INSTRUMENT ON THE RECORD. IT IS A MAGNIFICENT ALBUM, HAUNTING AND WILD. IT IS ALSO A RECORD THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD MAKE, BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS LERA LYNN. “I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A SINGULAR VISION,” LYNN SAYS. “THAT’S NOT TO SAY THERE’S NOT SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A SHARED VISION, A COLLABORATIVE VISION. BUT I WOULD BE SO THRILLED TO HEAR RECORDS MADE IN ISOLATION BY MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, JUST TO KNOW WHAT THEIR UNINFLUENCED VISION OF THEIR MUSIC IS.” SHE PAUSES, THEN ADDS, “I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO HEAR WHAT MY OWN IMAGINATION SOUNDED LIKE.”

ON MY OWN IS A TRIUMPHANT EXPLORATION OF MOOD AND TEXTURE, BECAUSE WHEN LYNN FELT EXPLORATORY, NO ONE WAS THERE TO STOP HER. WITH ROOTS IN EXPERIMENTAL WEST COAST FOLK, LYNN’S NEW SONGS LINK ARMS WITH INDIE ROCK GIANTS LIKE CAT POWER, SHARON VAN ETTEN AND JENNY LEWIS. LYNN RUMBLES AND WRITHES THROUGH MEDITATIONS ON FORGIVENESS, GROWTH AND THE LIBERATION THAT ONLY COMES WITH TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR OWN LIFE. HER VOICE––A BELOVED INSTRUMENT THAT’S EARNED PRAISE OVER THE YEARS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, ROLLING STONE AND MORE––STILL ANCHORS IT ALL, BUT IS EVEN STRONGER AND BOLDER, UNFETTERED BY LYNN’S SELF- RELIANCE.

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