Madeline Kenney Shares 'Always' Video via The Fader

Seattle born and Oakland based multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Madeline Kenney released her sublime Toro Y Moi-produced debut album earlier this month, and today she shares a new music video for "Always" directed by Ben Smith. "The song is about grappling with sexism and one's own power as a woman in the music biz, but I wanted the video to be a little more ambiguous and mildly trippy to have fun with that theme," Kenney tells The Fader. "I had this idea to use green paint as a green screen; I tend to like to get messy and weird and silly in my videos. I also wanted to bring in a bunch of lady friends (including some fellow musicians and interns from Women's Audio Mission - the only women's built and run studio in the world where I am interning) and give them a vague direction and watch them just have fun. Ben did a great job of taking my ideas and tying the message of the song with the video." Watch "Always" via The Fader HERE.

Madeline Kenney is on tour now in the U.S. in support of Night Night At The First Landing, and will play her NYC headline debut tomorrow night at Trans-Pecos. Today she also announces that she will make her UK/EU debut next year with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.See below to find a show near you and get your tickets HERE.

A dreamy and accomplished debut, Night Night At The First Landing is a cohesive record balanced by serene beauty, cathartic breakdowns, Kenney's powerful voice, and masterfully complex and emotional lyrics. Written, arranged and recorded at home by Kenney and produced by Chaz Bear, Night Night At The First Landing is out now via Bear's Carpark Records offshoot, Company Records.

Purchase:

Company Records Shop | iTunes | Apple Music

Madeline Kenney is a renaissance woman. She has a degree in neuroscience, is a skilled artist, painter and knitter, was a baker for over 9 years, and makes ends meet by nannying during the day. One might wonder where she finds the time for music, but not only has she been a musician since the age of three, but she also writes and records her own material, currently teaches voice and piano lessons, runs a small record label and is learning how to produce and engineer at the Women's Audio Mission - the *only* women-built and run studio in the world.

Kenney moved to the Bay Area in 2014 to pursue a career in baking, but ultimately found a supportive local arts community that inspired her to return to her musical roots. A chance encounter with Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bear resulted in her debut EP Signals, which was produced by Bear and released on his label Company Records. Immediately after its release, Kenney began working on her debut album. As with Signals, Bear was on hand as producer, but with Kenney as the writer, arranger and key creative force. Kenney also appears on a track on Toro Y Moi's latest album Boo Boo.

Night Night is unavoidably dreamy, dipping into sweet fuzz while sailing through smooth, crystalline production. "Everything has felt very accidental," Kenney says. Though Night Night At The First Landing is technically her first full-length, music has always been a key part of her life. Singing came naturally to the bold-voiced Kenney and she was singing loudly before beginning to study piano at the age of five. To call this record a "debut" is something of a misnomer, as those who know Kenney best might note: she's always made music. For the sake of music lovers, she hopefully always will.

Tour Dates (U.S. in bold)

9/19/17 Trans-Pecos, New York

9/20/17 DC9 Nightclub, Washington D.C. *

9/22/17 Gallery 5, Richmond

9/23/17 Duke Coffeehouse, Durham

9/25/17 Gasa Gasa, New Orleans

9/27/17 The Sidewinder, Austin ^

9/29/17 Valley Bar, Phoenix ^

9/30/17 Soda Bar, San Diego ^

10/2/17 Resident, Los Angeles

10/10/17 Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco &

5/16/18 The Haunt, Brighton #

5/18/18 Tivoli, Dublin #

5/19/18 Empire, Belfast #

5/21/18 The Plug, Sheffield #

5/22/18 The Caves, Edinburgh #

5/23/18 Hare & Hounds, Birmingham #

5/25/18 Koko, London #

*with The Mynabirds

^ with Jay Som

& with Landlady

# with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Photo credit: Cara Robbins

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