Orindal

bobbie- Lessons ORD-89

Release date: March 6, 2026

My spirit directive / a cosmic perspective / is let it be put down / and love what it taught me.

Lessons is the new record from bobbie. This is their first release with Orindal Records. bobbie lives in Western Massachusetts, where they alchemize dream pop ethereality, twinkly ambient abstraction and intimate vocal clarity into their unmistakable sound.

Distorted Omnichord autoharp looping, layers of drone-y synthesizers and low, reverberating guitar crack open into a wide sonic landscape. bobbie architects this atmosphere then introduces rhythm (often just Omnichord pre-set drum beats but also live drums from Lessons engineer, Felix Walworth) and then adds the lyrical presence. The songs are deeply layered and spatial but with a clear vocal throughline. There is harmony and dimensionality to this assemblage.

bobbie evokes the ambient qualities of Enya, Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins as well as the pop-y poetic vibes of Dear Nora and Frankie Cosmos. Influences range widely from artists such as Laraaji, Beach House, Arthur Russell, Bill Callahan, Beverly-Glenn Copeland, Alice Coltrane, Astrud Gilberto, to projects like Plantasia and to recurring dreams + visions. When they wake up in the morning, bobbie often records themself dictating and attempting to make meaning of the previous night’s dream. Much of their album’s imagery comes from this practice.

Lessons flows from one song to the next with a few of the tracks playing directly into the following without a pause. The drones and loops come in and out of focus like reminders, waves or breathing, bringing songs back to themselves over and over again.

Lessons is about loving people. Lessons is about loving people/things as they are, orienting towards the world with acceptance, trying to see the whole of a thing and also staying open to the fact that it’s kind of impossible to really do that.

Lessons was recorded in April 2025 in Brooklyn, New York. The album was written and produced by bobbie. Album engineered and produced by Felix Walworth. Guitar, Omnichord, voice and synths by bobbie. Drums and synths by Walworth. Mastered by Josh Bonati.

In 2023, they released their first full-length album, Rhododendron, on Flower Sounds, a label based in Greenfield, MA. Before that they put out several home-recorded projects. bobbie is also a baker.

Lessons is an artifact of love, curiosity and humility. This is one spec/snapshot into one spirit aka me being real. -bobbie

Tracks

  1. Cloud Vision (3:38)
  2. Love Everything (2:49)
  3. To My Core I’m a Lover (3:06)
  4. Learned the Hard Way (4:27)
  5. Gut’s No Good (4:34)
  6. I Coud Call You (4:27)
  7. Lessons (4:41)
  8. Rhododendron (2:49)
  9. I Don’t Wanna Stay (2:49)

    10. Credits

      Lessons was recorded in Brooklyn, NY in April 2025. Guitar, omnichord, synthesizer + voice by bobbie Shuster. Drums + synthesizer by Felix Walworth. Engineered by Felix Walworth. Mastered by Josh Bonati. All songs written by bobbie. Big heart thank you to my collaborators, friends + family who love me and support my art. Lessons is about loving people. Thank you for listening :)

      Pressing Information

      Vinyl edition
      400 high quality, 160g vinyl LPs in extra heavyweight, full color, matte finish jackets w/ complete album lyrics. Artwork by bobbie, design by Jess Jones. 9 tracks, 37 minutes.

      200 copies on cosmic purple vinyl
      200 copies on classic black vinyl

      Tape edition
      100 professionally dubbed FerroMaster tapes in clear shells imprinted with blue ink. Tapes are packaged in 5-panel, full color photo J-cards with complete album lyrics & clear Norelco boxes. Artwork by bobbie, design by Jess Jones. 9 tracks, 37 minutes.

      Tapes manufactured by National Audio in Nashville, TN.

      Lessons vinyl & cassettes distributed by The Business. VInyl also distributed by Revolver / Midheaven.