L’Rain
Biography
Under the mononym L’Rain, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek records and performs music rooted in r&b, jazz, noise, and pop, using voice memos and manipulated samples as inspiration and source material.
Cheek has toured in the US, Canada, and Europe with her band and her latest album, Fatigue, was released with critical acclaim. Rated the #1 album of 2021 according to The Wire and the #2 album of the year in Pitchfork, the record also earned praise from outlets including The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, and Artforum.
Video & Press
Boygenius, L’Rain and More Play New Re:Set Concert Series
The outdoor concerts will feature openers including Jamie xx, Clairo, Bartees Strange, James Blake, Dijon, and more [Pitchfork] By Matthew Ismael Ruiz AEG Presents has announced a new outdoor concert series called Re:Set. It takes place in June and features three nightly concerts in three different cities with three different headliners. The headlining artists are Boygenius, LCD Soundsystem, and Steve Lacy, […]
L’Rain’s Songs Hold Ghosts, Demons and Healing
On her second album, the Brooklyn pop experimentalist looks within. [New York Times] By Jon Pareles “I think I am always surrounded by ghosts,” said Taja Cheek, the songwriter who records as L’Rain. “I like to be haunted. I’ve been revisiting the past to try to understand where I am now.” Yet in a video interview from […]
L’Rain Announces New Album Fatigue, Shares New Song: Listen
“Two Face” leads Taja Cheek’s first LP for Mexican Summer [Pitchfork] By Madison Bloom L’Rain is the musical project of Brooklyn experimentalist and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek. Today, L’Rain announces her sophomore album Fatigue, out June 25 via her new label Mexican Summer. She has also shared the track “Two Face,” which arrives with a visual created by Reese Donohue […]