Faye Webster

About the album
“Webster explores themes of different relationships through her
broody tunes, tackling the notion of writing only sad songs by writing
her “saddest song” yet. In a way, the record feels like a comingof-
age for the singer-songwriter into her own perfectly curated
moment, which surely will lead to bigger and better things.” (NYLON)
“Faye Webster is filled with lush bluegrass sounds, featuring plenty
of slide guitar and the occasional trill of a fiddle, which Webster’s
fragile voice flits through like that of a younger Natalie Prass.” (W
Magazine)
“…a soulful offering heavily inspired by the country and western
music she grew up listening to.” (Pitchfork)
“Her self-titled record will win fans across the musical spectrum for
its left-of-center approach to folk. Webster is a lifelong student of
country-western songwriting and Americana sound (her mom plays
fiddle; her grandfather is a bluegrass guitarist). But she punctuates
her own tunes with subtle flourishes of funk. Her voice hits a sweet
spot somewhere between bluegrass powerhouse Alison Krauss,
Natalie Prass, and Tennis’s Alaina Moore, whose light vocals glide
across any melody.” (VICE)

I Know I'm Funny haha is Webster's most realized manifestation yet of this emotional and musical alchemy. Continuing to bloom from her 2019 breakthrough and Secretly Canadian debut Atlanta Millionaires Club, Webster's sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap and R&B community. The album began for Webster with the stirring ballad "In a Good Way," as in "You make me want to cry in a good way"-an instantclassic Faye Webster one-liner. It's beguilingly simple, the kind of melody and arrangement that seem to have existed forever. A sense of relief charges the neo-psychedelic pop of "Cheers," where Webster experiments with an overdriven guitar tone. She also collaborated, on "Overslept," with the Japanese artist Mei Ehara, who she calls the biggest influence on her new music. Webster's music is full of personality. Many of her songs contain bits of girl-group-esque talk-singing, which color her atypical storysongs. Webster says she's in a growth mindset, pushing herself to learn more, to be more vulnerable. "Growth is really important to me," she says. "I hope people will relate to my songs, and not just be like 'this is a good record' but 'this makes me feel something. This is making me think differently, this is making me question things.' I told myself a few years ago that I was going to be more honest in my songwriting, that honesty is the best route to take with music. If I have a voice and people are listening to me, I'm not going to waste it."

Tracks

• 1 Better Distractions
• 2 Sometimes
• 3 I Know I'm Funny Haha
• 4 In a Good Way
• 5 Kind of
• 6 Cheers
• 7 Both All the Time
• 8 A Stranger
• 9 A Dream with a Baseball Player
• 10 Overslept (Feat. Mei Ehara)
• 11 Half of Me