Today we’re thrilled to bring you the exclusive premiere of the latest single, and the accompanying video for ‘Make Myself Me Again’ from Nashville-based artist and multi-instrumentalist Cristina Vane. This is the final single and the title track of her upcoming sophomore album, but her debut label release, on Red Parlor Records, which will be available on May 20th, 2022. You can pre-save the new album at this link.
Cristina spoke a bit about the track and the video by saying:
Written in a park in West Virginia, the album’s title track ‘Make Myself Me Again’ is the sound of the calm that comes with finally feeling at home with one’s self, conceived from the place of optimism that sometimes comes after a brutal shakedown. ‘Sometimes I lose, sometimes I win’ sings Vane, ‘I’m gonna make myself me again…I’m giving up on giving in / I’m gonna make myself me again’. It’s about being kind to yourself, and the video is a visual representation of trying on many hats before finding the one that makes one feel most like oneself. Cristina
Her label debut comes after her highly praised self-released debut, ‘Nowhere Sounds Lovely,’ which is what was described as more of a ’road trip’ album. With ‘Make Myself Me Again,’ Vane says she trying to peel back the layers, to better understand who she is, and in that process, it translated to this upcoming album. This time around, she returns to her rock roots, while still paying homage to some of the new sounds that she has been exploring since then.
After being exposed to all of this music that I love, I’m slowly figuring out how to find my own voice, It is the sound of growing up.
Make Myself Me Again was co-produced by Brook Sutton (Blackberry Smoke) and Jano Rix (The Wood Brothers) and features appearances by Cristina’s world-class musician friends like Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (Molly Tuttle) and Billy Contreras (Béla Fleck).
More On The Album
Many songs on Make Myself Me Again delve into Vane’s personal relationships, and document her quest to find strength and independence in a new town. The album’s title track rings of tenacious resilience, with Cristina’s beautiful yet understated fingerstyle and slide guitar playing. It is the sound of the calm that comes with finally feeling at home with one’s self, conceived from the place of optimism that sometimes comes after a brutal shakedown.
Despite the myriad of musical touchstones, the record remains cohesive, centering itself around Vane’s experiences and musicianship. With class and adventure, Vane brings us all back home to ourselves on Make Myself Me Again, an album so honest that you’d be hard-pressed not to root for it, along with its vulnerable and tenacious creator.
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Vane’s debut full-length album, 2021’s Nowhere Sounds Lovely, explored the depths of America’s musical history from her unique perspective as an Italy-born daughter of a Sicilian-American father and a Guatemalan mother.
Americana Highways called Nowhere Sounds Lovely the “best guitar record” they’d heard all year, and in Glide Magazine’s review, they wrote, “Her sound is somewhat of a throwback, but her emotive, rich voice gives it a more contemporary sheet…there’s also her finely honed guitar playing—earthy, not overly flashy, but with deep feeling and perfectly married on many tunes to her voice.”
American Songwriter made a complementary comparison; “Like a young Bonnie Raitt, Vane sings from both her voice and her supple, bluesy guitar playing almost simultaneously–her sound as earthen as the South Dakota landscape…” Rolling Stone agreed, noting, “Cristina Vane evokes Bonnie Raitt and early PJ Harvey.” Vane’s sophomore album Make Myself Me Again is due out May 20, 2022, on Red Parlor Records.
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