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Taking the time to revamp old songs and bring the past to bear upon new ones, she distilled years of material into ten tightly executed tracks united by the swooning pluck of her guitar and the crystal clear timbre of her voice. The result is a timeless assemblage of love, heartache, celebration, and lessons hard-learned, written and performed by a musician who has honed the subtleties of her craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its organic yet meticulous folk production and deeply felt lyrics,\u003ci\u003e Leftovers\u003c\/i\u003e exists outside of trend or time, finding a home among classic icons like Joni Mitchell, Vashti Bunyan, and Karen Dalton, as well as a new class of folk extraordinaires, such as Adrianne Lenker, Jessica Pratt, and Laura Marling. Le Ren writes with a bold clarity that lends her songs the immediate, enduring quality of good stories well-told that, like their album title-namesake, only get better with age. Leftovers is equal parts melancholy, deep love, and levity to lift up the mournful. Le Ren here weaves a rich musical tapestry addressed to loved ones lost, found, and kept that reveals new meanings within a lifetime of relationships\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50459524497739,"sku":"1129699","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50459524825419,"sku":"1129697","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459525873995,"sku":"1129696","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e6c92b3b-efca-4001-b573-d95cac71172e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727223857"},{"product_id":"morning-and-melancholia","title":"Morning and Melancholia","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Ren’s close-to-the-bone, heartbreak folk songs seem, at first, to tap into a shared musical memory. A melody swirls forward and you’re just sure it’s known to the back of your mind; was it in from a movie you saw, some classic mid-60s setpiece? Maybe it’s something you heard as a kid, in the backseat of your mom’s Cutlass, or the shotgun seat of your own. But before you can zero in through the fog, your heart is torn apart by her voice — rich, direct and mellifluous — steering you through these slowburn tunes about real-life loss. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secretly Canadian","offers":[{"title":"White | 12\"","offer_id":50498728231243,"sku":"1096506","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c3395bba-b4c6-4612-9292-38de935a9438_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727755570"},{"product_id":"dont-be-funny-without-me","title":"Don't Be Funny Without Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eDon’t Be Funny Without Me\u003c\/em\u003e (DBFWM), Le Ren tells us, “I love the man I wanted to be,” as a matter of tender fact. She is funny while devastating, self-aware and a little self-deceiving. Across the record, she holds those contradictions close: shameless and ashamed, honest but still searching for a version of the truth that hurts a little less. DBFWM is an album about love, jealousy, and the uneasy ways the two often intertwine. After touring the world opening for artists like Jeff Tweedy, Devendra Banhart and Men I Trust, Le Ren decided to return to Canada to make DBFWM. Recorded in Mountain Grove, Ontario, the album is self-produced alongside old friends Fez Gielen and Jonas Bonetta. Le Ren’s lyrics are imbued with that northern endurance, like watching the sunset fade behind the cracked asphalt on avenue du Parc, or from the parking lot of your favourite On Route. Where Leftovers was unadorned, evocative in its simplicity, DBFWM presents a fuller sound— fiddles, drums, layers of harmony. Powerfully capturing Le Ren’s musical evolution, DBFWM is more expansive, more experienced, and more earnest, representing the artist’s claim to the fuller, wisened life she has earned. Le Ren’s signature angelic vocals are newly complemented by a full band. With driving lead guitar and multiple vocals woven into rich harmony, the record feels like the lovechild of an 80s-era Emmylou Harris and the indignant Gillian Welch of her Time (The Revelator) years. Aching and intoxicating, Don’t Be Funny Without Me is a post-breakup road trip with your best friend: no fixed destination, a trunk full of baggage (literal and figurative) and mottled sunlight warming your face through the car window.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Mountain Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Apple","offer_id":57398861431115,"sku":"R8054-5426","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57398861463883,"sku":"R8054-6034","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed-2026-05-21T133809.397.jpg?v=1779367098"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/le-ren.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}