LP includes insert signed by Faye Webster.

Faye Websters songs are direct lines to the humansubconscious, and Underdressed at the Symphony documentswhat happens once you begin to build a new self from theashes of your old routines. This rebirth isnt flashy or definitive,but is instead a series of seemingly mundane moments that,scattered across weeks and months, sneak their way towardsomething like healing. Yes, theres a breakup in play, butWebster is not documenting the heartbreak of a breakup somuch as shes navigating the contours of heartbreak itself.

Recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas with her longtimeband, Webster is accompanied on Underdressed at theSymphony by Matt Stoessels arcs of shimmering pedal steel,the plaintive, unhurried drums of Charles Garner, and,occasionally, additional guitarwork from Wilcos Nels Cline,among many other crucial players. The title of the album refersto Websters post-breakup compulsion to visit the symphonyon a whim, usually buying a ticket at the last possible second.Going to the symphony was almost like therapy for me. I wasquite literally underdressed at the symphony because I wouldjust decide at that moment that that’s what I wanted to do,she says. That’s what I felt like I needed to hear. I got to leavewhat I felt like was kind of a shitty time in my life and be inthis different world for a minute.

That strain of lightheartedness with a melancholic backbonepermeates the album, and is the major driving force behindLego Ring, which features Atlanta multi-hyphenate Lil Yachty,the only guest voice on the entire album. Yachtys ghostlywarble floats just under Websters voice, jabbing throughempty space, trembling over a low rumble of bass. The song isalso a sort of releasea buoyant moment that cuts through thesadness. I think I hit a point in songwriting during this recordwhere I was just like, man, I said a lot. Webster says. I’m justgoing to sit down and sing about this ring that I really want.Like the rest of the album, Webster isnt providing answers, noris she on some epic journey of healing and self-care. Instead,shes choosing to just live, to document heartbreak andridiculous moments right next to each other, until they start toblur together, becoming real enough for us all to feel.