[Cover photo credit to Mei Ling]

Songwriter Pieta Brown will release her newest album, Dreamin’ Of via Righteous Babe Records on August 21, 2026. The 10-song album was produced by Bon Iver’s S.Carey and Mike Lewis alongside the songwriter, recorded in Justin Vernon’s studio. It tackles themes including “Nature, Love, Loss, War and Addiction.” The album’s title track is also its first single and is accompanied  by a dream-like music video.

In addition to S.Carey and Mike Lewis, a handful of friends contributed to the album including Jeremy Ylvisaker, Bertand Belin, Amos Lee, Bo Ramsey, Barbara Jean Meyers, Bryan Vanderpool, and Romain Collin.

Pieta Brown says about the title track:

This song came in in a dream-like-fever-state late one night after I happened to read an article about a father who was somehow urging love and tenderness after losing his kids to war. I instantly kind of fell outside of myself and this song came in – with the melody.  That guitar line brought the words. There are so many people around the world living so closely with war. Inside and out. But one thing I love about songs is they give us open places to dream, you know?? Different kinds of worlds. Collective medicine of frequency.

She continues:

Days after the song came in I drove 12 hours straight to Mike Lewis’ basement in the woods of Northern Minnesota to try recording with Mike, Sean (S. Carey), and engineer Brett Bullion. In just a couple of experimental days and nights it felt like the heart of an album might be coming into being…but when I left the session I wasn’t sure if or when or how I would try recording again. One day months later Sean sent me a demo version of some of his production ideas for the ‘Dreamin’ Of’ track we had recorded in Mike’s basement.  As soon as I heard it I could feel the album would come in. I’ll never forget walking in the sun and listening to the ‘Dreamin’ Of’ version Sean sent. And I really do love to hear about people’s dreams.