Photo Credit: Elaine Constantine
Recent months have seen Lissie cherish the memories of her early adventures in music by revisiting her archives. She emerged with what tmrw magazine described as a “treasure trove of unreleased gold,” which resulted in two upcoming retrospective releases: the Anniversary Edition of her 2010 breakthrough album Catching A Tiger, which will be released on June 25, and the Watch Over Me (Early Works 2002-2009) collection, which follows on July 23. Today, Lissie shares "I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Anymore," the second previously unreleased recording to preview Catching A Tiger (Anniversary Edition) after "It’s Not Me." Both songs were recorded during the original Catching A Tiger sessions in 2009 with producers Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Modest Mouse) and Bill Reynolds (Band of Horses).
Although "I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Anymore" was written eight years before Catching A Tiger was released, it possesses both the quality and the stylistic coherence to feel right at home on the "Anniversary Edition." Even by this point, Lissie’s Midwestern spin on Californian folk feels fully formed, with acoustic guitar, subtle piano, and uncluttered percussion supporting the unadorned beauty of her vocal. Thematically, it possesses the songwriter’s hallmark skill at translating a personal experience into a song that will speak to other people who have gone through similar moments in their life.
LISTEN TO "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING ANYMORE"
“I wrote ‘I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Anymore’ when I was a sophomore in college in 2002,” says Lissie. “I was home visiting my family over Christmas break and was fretting over a guy that I had been dating on and off. The fella actually went on to become a pretty famous musician years later. I had been playing the guitar and writing songs for about four years at that point in time. This was probably the first ‘good’ song I ever wrote in terms of arrangement and title. Ultimately, the song explores willingly giving your energy to something that will disappoint you, yet is so excruciatingly thrilling!”
"I Don’t Know What I’m Doing Anymore" and "It’s Not Me" are both provided as instant downloads for fans who pre-order Catching A Tiger (Anniversary Edition). Watch Over Me (Early Works 2002-2009) is available from the same pre-order, with "Hey Boy" as an instant grat. Bundles featuring both albums on CD and/or vinyl are also on offer, and will be packaged with an exclusive signed photographic print.
Lissie adds, “Coming out of this pandemic, our souls are weary. I hope ‘Catching A Tiger’ reminds you of fun times. On the other side, ‘Watch Over Me’ is a flashback of who I was. I want to show you a chapter before everything happened. As we move forward, I cherish all of the memories more than ever.”
The award-winning and acclaimed Illinois-born and Iowa-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lissie unassumingly established a reputation as a global voice with the release of Catching A Tiger in 2010. After four albums, multiple EPs, and countless gigs, Lissie still derives the strongest connection from music. She manages to consistently connect, whether on tape, on-screen for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and Peter Farrelly’s Loudermilk, at rallies for Senator Bernie Sanders, or during one of her sold-out shows. And now she continues to make strides forward, telling her story like never before by going back to where it all began.
Whether she’s delicately plucking an acoustic melody or summoning a power chord, Lissie’s plainspoken poetry, eloquent songcraft, and bewitching timbre echo every facet of human experience: the wonder, the drama, the sadness, the triumph, the darkness, the light, and the love. And now she continues to make strides forward, telling her story like never before from where it all began. The Catching A Tiger album has now sold more than 300,000 worldwide, and Lissie has racked up over 200 million streams across her entire catalog. Her most recent studio album Castles debuted #11 on the Current Alternative Albums chart in the U.S., with her previous studio albums all making their way into the top 20.
LISSIE
CATCHING A TIGER (ANNIVERSARY EDITION)
(The Orchard)
Release Date: June 25, 2021
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