Ravyn Lenae: Bird's Eye (indie exclusive, brown & black marble vinyl) [ATLANTIC]

Why you'll love it

The indie exclusive brown and black marbled pressing of the Chicago singer's second album. It has "Love Me Not," the slow-burning single that became her biggest song so far.

This edition

• Indie exclusive
• Brown and black marble vinyl
• Atlantic pressing
• Eleven tracks, six on Side A and five on Side B

About the album

Ravyn Lenae grew up in Chicago and was signed while still a teenager, putting out a string of EPs before her debut album Hypnos in 2022. Bird's Eye, her second album, arrived in August 2024 and widened her sound in every direction: R&B at its heart, but with room for funk, soft rock, bossa nova and bright, poppy hooks. Her voice is the star throughout, light and agile, with a high register that can float or sting as the song needs.

"Love Me Not" took a while to catch on, then caught on everywhere, a breezy, guitar-led song about knowing you should leave and staying anyway. "Genius" and "Bad Idea" open the record with confidence, "Candy" and "Dream Girl" are sweet and sly, and "Pilot" and "Days" close it on a dreamier note. It is the kind of album that sounds good in the background and even better when you pay attention, and it suggests she is only getting started. Bird's eye view, as it turns out, is the right one.

Tracklist

Listen

On Atlantic, first out in 2024.