Butch Spring (Antiquated Future Records) cassette tape

The third full-length from Pittsburgh songwriter Sara Renberg, Butch Spring is an album about being humbled by a mid-30s identity crisis, and the confusion and joy that results. These are songs about gender, queerness, and relationships that are both playful and analytical, full of both depth and absurdity. The follow-up to her critically-adored 2018 release Night Sands, Butch Spring continues her reign of lyrically clever, emotionally resonant, scrappy independent rock songs that have earned her regular comparisons to Frankie Cosmos, Silver Jews, and The Mountain Goats. But the album also pushes her sound into new territory, with drop-tuned guitars, woodwinds, and surprise horn sections.   "Renberg’s writing is as impressive as ever, approaching deep personal feelings and epiphanies with a sense of playful, deadpan poetry that you might expect from Malkmus or Berman." - Various Small Flames "Sweet, sharp indie rock from PA's Sara Renberg reflects the fluidity of queer identities