[Cover photo credit to Desdemona Dallas]

New York-based, Folk-Pop artist Mackenzie Shivers has announced her new album, primrose was in season, to be released on March 1, 2024. On the album, Shivers gives a glimpse into her healing process after losing her first pregnancy, preserving and sharing a narrative of “resilience and vulnerability.” Prominent on the album are electric guitar, dance beats, organic drums, and piano work.

New synth-driven single and music video “johnny gown,” are out now.

Mackenzie Shivers shares:

When I wrote ‘johnny gown’, it struck me how we are all working through things no one else sees. I had been working so hard to let myself feel all emotions after having a miscarriage, because that was the only way I knew how to move through the grief. Radical acceptance of all feelings. And while that was essential, it was also very exhausting, and it affected how I moved through the world. I felt like I was wearing this heavy yet invisible cloak, this secret. It was a reminder that you never know what someone is going through. We all have our sh*t.

Two tracks from the album, “a cautionary tale” and “pedestal” are also available to purchase as a 7” vinyl exclusively on Bandcamp.

Shivers’ fourth full-length album primrose was in season was produced by frequent collaborator Kevin Salem (Rachel Yamagata, Emmylou Harris). The title comes from a lyric from the track “hush now” and the image of the primrose, which signals the end of winter, has a reputation for healing wounds.

Shivers adds:

This album has been an empowering way for me to move forward. And I hope it gives listeners a space to feel any and all things. Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned from this process, it’s that nothing you feel is wrong. Feeling all emotions is the only way to move through them. Maybe even towards joy.