Anna St. Louis
Los Angeles, CA
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About the Artist
LA-based singer/songwriter Anna St. Louis takes notes from a wide spectrum of classic folk and country artists when forming her dusty, wistful sound, but sculpts those inspirations into something uniquely her own. She grew up in Kansas City and was interested in painting and singing with punk bands throughout her youth. Moving into creating solo music, St. Louis looked to the influence of evergreen favorites like Neil Young, Patsy Cline, John Fahey, and Mazzy Star, wrapping these jumping-off points around a melancholy and decidedly Midwestern approach to bare-bones indie folk. Her first songs appeared in 2017 in the form of a cassette tape put out by Mare and Woodsist. With the unexpected attention of NPR, St. Louis quickly went to the studio and roughly a year after First Songs, St. Louis' debut full-length, If Only There Was a River, was released, with production help from Kevin Morby and King Tuff's Kyle Thomas. After years of touring and live performance with fellow contemporaries including Sylvie, Damien Jurado, and Waxahatchee to name a few, St. Louis entered a period of dormancy where she lived quietly in Upstate New York, working as a hotel clerk while writing new songs. These slowly manifested songs appeared on her second studio album, In the Air, which was recorded in two extensive L.A. sessions with help from producer Jarvis Taveniere and a host of friends and guest musicians who included contributors to Spoon, Vagabon, and Cut Worms, among others. The more sonically evolved and musically sophisticated sophomore effort was released again on the Woodsist label in June of 2023. Now, Anna returns with something new: A collection of demos written while watching late fall turn to winter in Upstate New York. These songs are the bridge to her next LP, being written as we speak...