L'Rain_(album)
L'Rain (album)
2017 studio album by L'Rain
L'Rain is the debut studio album by experimental musician Taja Cheek, who performs as L'Rain.[1][2] The album was released in 2017 by New York City-based label Astro Nautico[3][4] and included in best-of-year lists by publications including Pitchfork[5] and Bandcamp Daily.[6] The album cover is an image of Cheek's forearm, which is tattooed "L'Rain"; she chose the name after her mother, Lorraine, died during the making of the record.[2]
L'Rain features Andrew Lappin on guitars, Alex Goldberg on drums and percussion, Jeremy Powell on saxophone, and TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone on backing vocals.[7] Cheek composed and performs vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, bass, samples, and percussion on the album,[8] which she co-produced with Lappin.[7]