Lessons by bobbie

My spirit directive / a cosmic perspective / is let it be put down / and love what it taught me.

Lessons is the new record from bobbie. This is their first release with Orindal Records. bobbie lives in Western Massachusetts, where they alchemize dream pop ethereality, twinkly ambient abstraction and intimate vocal clarity into their unmistakable sound.

Distorted Omnichord autoharp looping, layers of drone-y synthesizers and low, reverberating guitar crack open into a wide sonic landscape. bobbie architects this atmosphere then introduces rhythm (often just Omnichord pre-set drum beats but also live drums from Lessons engineer, Felix Walworth) and then adds the lyrical presence. The songs are deeply layered and spatial but with a clear vocal throughline. There is harmony and dimensionality to this assemblage.

bobbie evokes the ambient qualities of Enya, Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins as well as the pop-y poetic vibes of Dear Nora and Frankie Cosmos. Influences range widely from artists such as Laraaji, Beach House, Arthur Russell, Bill Callahan, Beverly-Glenn Copeland, Alice Coltrane, Astrud Gilberto, to projects like Plantasia and to recurring dreams + visions. When they wake up in the morning, bobbie often records themself dictating and attempting to make meaning of the previous night’s dream. Much of their album’s imagery comes from this practice.

Lessons flows from one song to the next with a few of the tracks playing directly into the following without a pause. The drones and loops come in and out of focus like reminders, waves or breathing, bringing songs back to themselves over and over again.

Lessons is about loving people. Lessons is about loving people/things as they are, orienting towards the world with acceptance, trying to see the whole of a thing and also staying open to the fact that it’s kind of impossible to really do that.

Lessons was recorded in April 2025 in Brooklyn, New York. The album was written and produced by bobbie. Album engineered and produced by Felix Walworth. Guitar, Omnichord, voice and synths by bobbie. Drums and synths by Walworth. Mastered by Josh Bonati.

In 2023, they released their first full-length album, Rhododendron, on Flower Sounds, a label based in Greenfield, MA. Before that they put out several home-recorded projects. bobbie is also a baker.

Lessons is an artifact of love, curiosity and humility. This is one spec/snapshot into one spirit aka me being real. -bobbie

bobbie makes ambient dream-pop using omnichord, guitar, and vocals in Western Massachusetts.

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