Ada Lea: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Marissa Lorusso, May 24, 2022 Ada Lea s Tiny Desk (home) concert opens just as her 2021 album, one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden, does: with the careening, beautiful track It s the story of a turbulent New Year s Eve party, told through songwriter Alexandra Levy s streamofconscious delivery. Here, she and her band lean into the song s slowly simmering tension and frustration, ending on an extremely close shot of Levy s expressive face in the song s final moments. As Ada Lea, Levy excels at writing observational, artful indie rock; one her sophomore album, feels like a companion for driving around a city you know well and feeling a pang of nos