Polaroid Lovers Sarah Jarosz

• 1Jealous Moon04:24
• 2When The Lights Go Out03:15
• 3Runaway Train03:00
• 4The Way It Is Now03:46
• 5Dying Ember03:37
• 6Columbus & 89th04:15
• 7Take The High Road04:35
• 8Don’t Break Down On Me03:54
• 9Days Can Turn Around03:58
• 10Good At What I Do03:47
• 11Mezcal And Lime05:04
• Total Runtime43:35

Info for Polaroid Lovers

The seventh full-length from four-time Grammy Award-winner Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers is an album-long meditation on those strangely ephemeral moments that indelibly shape our lives. “What I love about a Polaroid is that it's capturing something so fleeting, but at the same time it makes that moment last forever,” says the Texas-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. “It made sense as a title for a record where all the songs are snapshots of different love stories, and there's a feeling of time being expansive despite that impermanence.” Thanks to the rarefied alchemy that infuses all of Jarosz's output—her finely wrought lyricism, ravishing vocal work, virtuosic yet unfettered musicality—Polaroid Lovers performs the much-needed magic of leading us toward a heightened sense of presence, all while casting a lovely spell with her timelessly powerful songs.

Produced by Daniel Tashian at the legendary Sound Emporium, Polaroid Lovers took shape as Jarosz recorded live with musicians like guitarist Rob McNelley (Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood), Tom Bukovac (Tom Petty, Vince Gill) on guitar and organ, her husband bassist Jeff Picker (Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs), and drummer Fred Eltringham (Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams), carving out a viscerally potent but resplendent brand of folk-rock.

Looking back on the making of Polaroid Lovers, Jarosz notes that shaking up her process ultimately left her eager to further expand her creative horizons. “It was a big step for me to reach out to Daniel, but in the end it showed me how important it is to keep taking thoughtful chances,” she says. “This whole album reminded me that I never want to play it safe—if anything, I want there to always be that element of being a little scared, because that means I’m taking a risk. In a way that’s what’s so wonderful about art: if you’re lucky, you never reach the finish line. You just keep searching and chiseling away at the stone, and putting everything you can into making something that tells the truth but hopefully leaves space for others to find meaning too.”

Sarah Jarosz, vocals, octave mandolin
Jeff Picker, upright bass
Fred Eltringham, drums
Daniel Tashian, acoustic guitar, piano, harmony vocals
Rob McNelley, resonator guitar
Justin Schipper, pedal steel
Emmanuel Valdez, acoustic guitar

Sarah Jarosz of Wimberley, TX, has earned her credibility in the world where contemporary folk, Americana and roots music intersect. Her reputation is built on three fronts—she is a gifted multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, octave mandolin, guitar, and banjo), an expressive and distinctive vocalist, and an accomplished songwriter. A frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, Sarah has appeared on Austin City Limits, the BBC’s Transatlantic Sessions, Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. She has been nominated for multiple Grammy awards including two from her last album Build Me Up From Bones, as well as several Americana Music Association Awards. Sarah’s fourth album for Sugar Hill Records, to be released soon, was written and recorded during brief breaks from touring in 2015, a year of exploring new performing and recording collaborations, including work with Sara Watkins and Aoife O’Donovan in their new band I’m With Her.

This album contains no booklet.