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Guided by the classic folk, blues, and country music that floods the southern soundscape, and shaped by her self-taught finger-picking style, Leigh’s music is an eclectic glimpse into feeling stuck in all of life’s in-betweens. Here’s a really catchy number from Odie Leigh, whose debut album, “Carrier Pigeon“, is set to be released on July 12th.
Every song is like a little unsent letter and carrier pigeon is delivering it….
Leigh’s first EP, “How Did It Seem to You?”, in 2022, about a situationship gone wrong. Recorded everywhere from Louisiana to Miami, “that first EP was born out of desperation to feel heard and be connected,” she says. “Releasing that EP is probably like one of the scariest things I’ve ever done because it was just so real and embarrassing. All of my music is stuff I would never say out loud.”
In 2023, Odie Leigh dropped her second, EP, “The Only Thing Worse Than a Woman Who Lies Is a Girl Who’ll Tell Truths”, which was recorded in the woods of Tennessee. “That second project was definitely like the edgier, angrier step up from: I’m a girl that makes folk music,” she says.
Singer-songwriter Odie Leigh has announced the release of her debut album, “Carrier Pigeon”, arriving via Mom + Pop Records. Produced by Bay Area producer/musician/engineer Derek Ted and Odie Leigh “Carrier Pigeon” is heralded by the new single, “Conversation Starter”.
“I am not a relationship girlie,” says Odie Leigh. “The ‘talking stage’ of courting always made me feel awkward and stupid, I just want to skip to the good part. With ‘Conversation Starter’ I tried to capture the feeling of playing the hottest, most cool-girl version of yourself to hide the fact that we’re all so awkward and insecure and it’s just so incredibly scary to get to know someone and let them get to know you.
“There’s a part of me that seeks conflict so I can just get it over with and enjoy a little drama before getting too invested (I’m good at turning nothing to tragedy / I’d rather get burnt now / I’ll light a fire just to snuff it out) but I also really like this person, so much that I’m almost regretting getting involved and wishing we were just friends because I cannot imagine a world in which it doesn’t blow up… but I’m in too deep. But also, this song isn’t not just about sexting.”
On the album, Odie Leigh notes: “I wanted to call it “Carrier Pigeon” because as I was writing these songs I just kept on thinking how silly it is that I’m writing all these thoughts and feeling down about someone and for someone who is only going to hear it months if not years after I write it,” she says. “I was like ‘I might as well be putting letters in bottles and throwing them into the ocean or just strapping it to a pigeon and hoping it lands at the right house.’ This album is the carrier pigeon and the songs are the messages.”
“Carrier Pigeon” is further preceded by recent releases, “Either Way” and “No Doubt,”