Singer/songwriter and composer Lina Tullgren will release new album Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking. Made with a host of Los Angeles musicians, Decide focuses on “daring and trust.” It features the sounds of harp strings, woodwinds, percussion, a euphonium, and more.

Lina Tullgren’s first homemade record came in 2016. Subsequent LPs and constant touring cemented Tullgren’s reputation as a composer. Making 2019’s Free Cell led Tullgren to spend the subsequent years “exploring deep listening, improvised music, and extended technique.”

Tullgren took the quiet isolation of a shoreline cabin to write the songs that would become Decide Which Way The Eyes Are Looking. 

Describing the sessions as having “a lot of space and a lot of ease,” Tullgren invited musicians from a vast field of songmaking to play on the recording: Leng Bian, Zach Burba, Luke Csehak, Corey Fogel, Jenny Hirons, Tara Milch, Tim Ramsey, Michael Sachs, Jude Tedaldi, Marta Tiesenga and Ben Varian. Jonny Kosmo’s backhouse was offered as a space for the players to create their parts together, and the record was completed by Tullgren and Luke Csehak together at their Los Angeles home.

In Tullgren’s words:

I feel really strongly that this album is a portrait of the community I found in Los Angeles.