Brittany Davis Announces Improvised New Album ‘Black Thunder’

Singer-songwriter Brittany Davis will release her sophomore album, Black Thunder, on June 13 through Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard’s label Loosegroove Records. The Seattle-based keyboardist shared the album’s lead single, “Amid The Blackout Of The Night.”

Davis, who has been blind since birth, recorded Black Thunder with drummer D’Vonne Lewis and bassist Evan Flory-Barnes. The trio went into the two-day recording session with little prior interaction. The three musicians improvised what became the Josh Evans-produced Black Thunder.

“Brittany, Evan, and D’Vonne have, in some way, been preparing for this recording all their lives,” Evans said. “Honing their instrumental craft and ability, of course — but more importantly, preparing their ears, emotions, and egos to be fully present and create absolutely in the moment. To listen deeply and respond empathetically. To speak with uncomfortable honesty. To listen, and be vulnerable.”

Stream the Black Thunder single, “Amid The Blackout Of The Night,” below:

Black Thunder Tracklist

1. Ancestors
2. All You Get
3. Ancestors II
4. Amid the Blackout of the Night
5. Ancestors III
6. Black Thunder
7. Ancestors IV
8. Change Me
9. Ancestors V
10. Girl (Don’t You Know)
11. Girl (Now We’re the Same)
12. Ancestors VI
13. Mirrors
14. Ancestors VII
15. Sarah’s Song
16. Sun and Moon
17. Ancestors VIII