Lunar Ash

schke on guitar, Katie Steele on bass/vocals, and Evan Loritsch on percussion, keys and a number of other instruments. The lush, atmospheric tracks are full of Stewack’s tender-hearted lyrics that blend Americana, rock, and folk, among other genres, into a frank, easy sound that they beautifully sum up as “indie whimsy.”

Stewack began writing the album during the pandemic. For her, Rosa & The Red Thread is about following the breadcrumbs of intuition, reclaiming power and stewarding that power in a shared sense of communal solidarity. The feeling of catharsis and liberatory potential reverberates throughout the album, but is perhaps best illustrated in “Waggle Till We’re Free,” which builds into a full-bodied anthem, everyone adding their voices to a rich collective tapestry of sound. It’s a call for healing the earth and working together to build a more just future, a call to work for change until all of us are free.