The new Abramson Singers EP, Anything You Could’ve Been, is out today!
As with all Abramson Singers albums, it is customary to start with an a cappella piece. So here is Turn Into a Crisp, with lyrics harvested from the surrealist musings of my daughter, Alma, when she was around 4 years old and saying strange (and oddly profound) things.
Now the whole EP is out — Songs about middle-age, ambivalence, parenthood, and the paths you didn’t take (but always thought you might someday). Available to download on Bandcamp or you can stream it in all the places. *Links in bio*
Big thank yous to everyone who contributed to this project—my co-producer and guitarist @jvstarnes , the rest of my band: @d_gaucher on drums @tysonrnaylor on keys/synth/organ @mark.beaty.79 on bass and Colin Stewart on epic mixes @thehivecreativelabs and Elisa Pangsaeng @catpictures for the attention and care on the masters. And @luciendurey for the beautiful art works.
Thanks also to @davidsikula and @123fakestreetstudio for recording bass and drums respectively.
And happy birthday, @d_gaucher and @barbrastreisand ! Many more returns!
#theabramsonsingers #turnintoacrisp #yvrmusic #songwriting #kidsdrawing
Coming on April 24! It’s been a few years putting this together at my snail’s pace, while navigating the twists and turns of midlife. But there wouldn’t have been anything at all without the encouragement and skills of my pal and co-producer Jason Starnes — I was deeply ambivalent about putting new songs out into the world (maybe I still am!), but his low pressure/good vibes approach made recording into a fun creative project again — diy experimenting with new sounds (starring Jason’s synth collection, touch-tone simulators, and his neighbours’ wind chimes) and just making the music we wanted, for ourselves, and now for whoever wants to listen. Shoutout to @barbrastreisand — her birthday is April 24 and she doesn’t believe in coincidences (I’ve been listening to her autobiography, so I know!). It’s also our drummer @d_gaucher ‘s birthday, so I guess the stars are truly aligned. Big thanks to @luciendurey for the beautiful album cover and song artworks! More music, credits and thank yous coming on April 24.
Can You See It Now — The Abramson Singers
From the new EP coming out on April 24 “Anything You Could’ve Been”
If you listen long enough, you’ll hear that this is one of two songs on my upcoming album that references #puke.
Vocals, guitar: Leah Abramson
Guitar, synths: Jason Starnes @bellsclanging
Keyboard, synths: Tyson Naylor @tysonrnaylor
Bass: Mark Beaty @mark.beaty.79
Drums: Dan Gaucher @d_gaucher
Video directed & edited by Andy Robertson with assets licensed from Envato Elements — no AI was used in the making of this video or its contents. http://www.fpmedia.io/
Music & Lyrics by Leah Abramson
Produced by Leah Abramson & Jason Starnes
Mixed by Colin Stewart at The Hive @thehivecreativelabs
Mastered by Elisa Pangsaeng at CPS Mastering @catpictures
#theabramsonsingers #yvrmusic #madeleines
One week until the second single from my new EP comes out! I wrote “Can You See It Now” when I did a writing residency a few years ago — the first time I’d had time and space like that since my daughter was born. When I wrote this song, I was working on a choral project, but the residency’s keyboard needed fixing, and all they had was a beat up classical guitar hanging out in the studio. So I picked it up and wrote this song about the rooms in my head… but let me explain.
I’d been thinking a lot about how we all experience the world a little differently from each other. For instance, I have a legitimately terrible memory for events, names and people (apologies!). But I also have a nearly photographic memory for spaces, and can see most rooms I know in my mind in a detailed way. Sometimes this visual/spatial memory is the only thing that helps me to remember events — if I walk myself through a room, I can remember what happened in it. “Can You See It Now” is a song that explores what we see in our heads, as well as the inscrutability of others’ brains — how much can we really know about how even our closest people see the world? I was also trying to get away from the chord progressions my fingers naturally gravitated towards, so I made some weird rules for myself. See if you can figure them out next week!
Daniel Lopatin’s lecture today was all-time. "Room Music”: Containers for Musical Objects. Spanning surrealism, "gradual cinema," minimalism; song as collection of concatenated rooms. Tremendously inspiring. @school_of_song@eccopn
SPIDER ON THE MOON
Video directed by Lucien Durey, Leah Abramson, and Stephen Quissy
Starring: Stephen Quissy, with Leah Abramson, Cyrus Boelman, and Elysse Cloma
Edited by Lucien Durey
Music by The Abramson Singers
Vocals: Leah Abramson
Guitar, synths: Jason Starnes
Keyboard, synths: Tyson Naylor
Bass: Mark Beaty
Drums: Dan Gaucher
Music & Lyrics by Leah Abramson
Produced by Leah Abramson & Jason Starnes
Keyboard, synths, guitar and vocals recorded by Jason Starnes at The Forth Floor Studio
Bass recorded by David Sikula at Demitone Studios
Drums recorded by Rob Butterfield at 123 Fake Street Studio
Mixed by Colin Stewart at The Hive Creative Labs
Mastered by Elisa Pangsaeng at CPS Mastering
Copyright Leah Abramson 2025 SOCAN/ASCAP/MAPL. Share if you feel so inclined. #spideronthemoon #theabramsonsingers
Video for SPIDER ON THE MOON by The Abramson Singers COMING NOV 4! Welcome to the BTS preview.
Video directed by Lucien Durey, Leah Abramson, and Stephen Quissy
Starring: Stephen Quissy, with Leah Abramson, Cyrus Boelman, and Elysse Cloma
A collaboration between friends, the video was entirely improvised in one day using only materials, props and costumes at hand—including a surprising accumulation of glum, inanimate dogs. The settings blend fact and fiction, showcasing disorderly piles that need attention in a family home that has passed through generations. While the camera focuses on encroaching blackberry brambles, outmoded objects, and offbeat collectibles, a story of letting go emerges.
