Today, New York-based singer-songwriter Anna McClellan releases a new collection of songs entitled, Space, you big cloud, documenting a stretch of time where many musical parts clicked into place. Set against a dusty jukebox glow, “Twirl” is Anna McClellan stepping towards a country-lean. Trading keys for an Alvarez folk-body acoustic, the track was made in the studio so quickly, like it was clawing to get out. That urgency lingers in the recording, where the guitar feels instinctive and alive rather than overworked, a heartbeat rhythm tucked around them, and Anna’s vocal range at full highlight. Capturing a rare connection suspended in time, with its easy charm and understated ache, “Twirl” is less about genre and more like a practice, a way of staying present even as it slips through your hands.
Booking the Space, you big cloud recording session on a whim, traveling between Fort Worth, TX, where she was working, to New York City, where she currently lives, the songs came out fast, recorded in three dizzying days with unapologetic urgency at Atlanta, GA’s Mirror Mirror Recording (Sword II, Arbor Labor Union) with producer and engineer, Graham Tavel. You can hear it in the bright and unguarded guitar, a band that free-flows, not overworked or cleaned up. There’s no sense of strain or overhandling in these songs, just a quiet insistence that suggests they already knew what they were supposed to be.
