PATCHING (OLIVE GREEN VINYL)

patching, the intimate debut LP from Minnesota-based
singer and songwriter runo plum, gracefully captures the
contraction, expansion and release of an intense period of
emotional repair, in soft-edged, radiating indie rock. A lush
debut statement born from heartbreak, patching is filled with
rich sonic moments that balance out emotional vacancies,
creating expansion from an ending. The record's unbridled
sincerity isn't anything new for runo plum, who's been writing
and quietly sharing bedroom dispatches of her intricate folk
for a half-decade. During the pandemic years, she steadily
caught the ears of a widening circle of listeners and began
independently releasing a series of singles and EPs, all while
cutting her teeth on the live side supporting Searows, Angel
Olsen and Hovvdy.
Cataloging the double edged sword of love and loss in an
aching freefall of indie rock with the same unabashed
candor of early Julia Jacklin and Big Thief records, patching
was recorded in a cabin in rural Vermont over the course of
two weeks. Together with Lutalo, the Minnesota-born,
Vermont-based musician and producer and runo's collaborator, instrumentalist and girlfriend Noa Francis, the trio
centered the honeyed, time-worn timbre of a centenarian
acoustic guitar and the easeful warmth of runo's voice.
Across patching's twelve tracks, runo paints melodic arcs
that swirl and tumble, crafting songs that capture both the
hazy highs and the dark blue lows of all the natural cycles
that make the world turn.