Fenne Lily – Big Picture (Vinyl)

A gorgeous and gripping portrait of Fennes last two years, Big Picture was pieced together in an effort to self-soothe. Tracked live in co-producer Brad Cooks North Carolina studio, the album delineates the phases of love and becomes a map of comfort vs claustrophobia.

Though its creation took place amid personal and global turmoil, the ruminative yet candid Big Picture is Fennes most cohesive, resolute work to date, both lyrically and sonically. This isnt a sad album its about as uplifting as my way of doing things will allow, she says. These songs explore worry and doubt and letting go, but those themes are framed brightly.

With confidence and quiet strength, each track provides an insight into Fennes ever-changing view of love and, ultimately, its redefinition love as a process, not something to be lost and found.

While the album was written alone in Fennes Bristol flat a fact intentionally reflected in its compact sonic quality Big Picture was transformed from a solitary venture into a unifying collaboration during the recording process when she was joined by her touring band, Melina Dutere of Jay Som (mixing), Christian Lee Hutson (guitar and co production), and Katy Kirby (vocals).

Notably, these 10 songs are Fennes first and only to have been written over the course of a relationship; 2018s On Hold and 2020s BREACH both confront the pain of retrospection, saying goodbye to a love thats gone. Big Picture does the exact opposite rooted firmly in the present, it traces the narrative of two people trying their hardest not to implode, together.

Available on limited ultramarine coloured vinyl, black vinyl, CD & cassette.

Tracklist:
01. Map of Japan
02. Dawncolored Horse
03. Lights Light Up
04. 2+2
05. Superglued
06. Henry
07. Pick
08. In My Own Time
09. Red Deer Day
10. Half Finished