Photo credit: Bao Ngo

New Saddle Creek signing Ada Lea has shared the video for ‘the party’ ahead of the release of her debut album ‘what we say in private’ on 19 July (pre-order here).

Hailing from Montreal, Ada’s sound is both intimate and powerful and this slow-building song offers the perfect introduction. Recalling the emotional atmospherics of early Bright Eyes, the three-minute song was written after Ada spent ‘a magical night on the town with close friends’. It’s a celebration of companionship and friendship as Ada recalls the events of the night: ‘Ditch the party in your beat-up truck, you’re always leaving when the night starts’; ‘Made a right turn for the freeway, stood on the porch watching you get away. And that night was a pure shade of honest’.

Ada then asks: ‘Was I wrong because I couldn’t tell the difference at all?’ with those final two words being repeated over and over again as the song veers towards its layered and evocative Hand Habits-style ending, complete with natural night-time noises.