Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (2025) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Valerie June – Owls, Omens, and Oracles (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:05 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records

Produced by M. Ward, Owls, Omens, and Oracles is a transformative record coming on April 11, 2025. Featuring vocals from The Blind Boys of Alabama, and an excerpt from Valerie’s book Maps for the Modern World. This album is a full-circle moment, revisiting her indie roots while still pushing forward with an evolved sound. It centers on a joyful and spiritual outlook, celebrating growth and resilience – an album that is meant to inspire, heal, and unite people through shared emotions.If it was challenging to fit Valerie June into a comfortable genre pigeonhole on her first five albums, Owls, Omens, and Oracles makes it clear that the Memphis-based singer-songwriter intends to make that task impossible. While it would be convenient to ascribe the sonic kaleidoscope of Owls to the collaborators June enlisted—most notably producer M. Ward—the truth is that this record is the logical continuation of her creative evolution. Ill-content to be “a soulful folk singer” or a “folky blues singer” or any such other combination of easy-to-grok styles, June’s highly idiosyncratic take on “Americana” has made her one of the most unique presences on the scene, and Owls shows just how idiosyncratic she can be. While some songs here are among her most direct—”Endless Tree” is custom-built for closing out a festival set, while its sonic cousin “Changed” brings in the Blind Boys of Alabama for additional impact—and others are deceptive in their density (“My Life is a Country Song” is an excellent showcase for June’s exceptional songwriting abilities), these 14 tracks span an enormous range of tonality and texture, with nearly half finding June exploring the quieter side of her style. The poetry-driven “Superpower” and the pensive and ethereal “Calling My Spirit” are nearly psychedelic in their approach, while on spare numbers like the gentle “Missin’ You (Yeah, Yeah)” (the most delicate of blues numbers) and the piano ballad “Trust the Path,” June relies nearly completely on the strength of her compositions and her voice. It’s a wide-ranging, and stylistically voracious approach—and one that few artists could manage in an artistically authentic way—yet June makes all of it sound completely natural. A remarkable record. – Jason Ferguson

Tracklist:

1-1. Valerie June – Joy, Joy! (03:01)
1-2. Valerie June – All I Really Wanna Do (02:43)
1-3. Valerie June – Endless Tree (03:53)
1-4. Valerie June – Inside Me (02:22)
1-5. Valerie June – Trust The Path (04:33)
1-6. Valerie June – Love Me Any Ole Way (03:15)
1-7. Valerie June – Changed (02:05)
1-8. Valerie June – Superpower (02:20)
1-9. Valerie June – Sweet Things Just for You (02:37)
1-10. Valerie June – I Am In Love (03:36)
1-11. Valerie June – Calling My Spirit (02:02)
1-12. Valerie June – My Life Is A Country Song (02:39)
1-13. Valerie June – Missin’ You (Yeah, Yeah) (03:26)
1-14. Valerie June – Love And Let Go (04:25)

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