Description
Martha Wainwright is beginning again.nbspThe beguiling performer and songwriter returns withnbspLove Will Be Reborn,nbspout in August. Not since 2012rsquosnbspCome Home to Mamanbsphas a Martha Wainwright record been so full of original written material. Wainwrightrsquos fifth studio album follows recent years of loneliness and clarity in search of optimism and joy.Wainwright wrote the first songmdashand what would become the title trackmdash of the record a few years ago. It was a very dark time, she says, but the positivity and luminosity of ldquoLove Will Be Rebornrdquo signalled what was to come. The song simply poured out of her.nbspMuch of Wainwrightrsquos song writing since 2016rsquosnbspGoodnight Citynbspfelt too raw. ldquoThere were several years where I picked up the guitar, and I was so, so sad and depressing. I would just put it down because I was terrible.rdquo Before writing it out, or writing through it for catharsis, Wainwright had to live it. Album opener ldquoMiddle of the Lakerdquo reinforces Wainwrightrsquos path forward as she sings over voltaic chords and percussion, ldquoI sing my songs of love and pain Winds of change or simply singing, Im singing in the rain.rdquo Her work never shies away from an existential throbbing wound. ldquoThere are a couple major subjects on the record. From what I can tell, theres really dark and then light,rdquo she says,rdquo It really is reflective of a very difficult period of divorce. Then, after that, itrsquos meeting somebody new and amazing. And so you hear certain songs about this new love.rdquo
