I Know I'm Funny Haha

by Faye Webster

Overview

Following the critical breakout success of 2019's Atlanta Millionaires Club, Faye Webster returns with I Know I'm Funny haha, a pleasantly sighing collection of lovelorn ballads with just enough heart to counterbalance the innate sense of irony that is her hallmark. Since debuting as a teenager and forging an unlikely bond with the Atlanta hip-hop label Awful Records, Webster has developed her own brand of smartly written, country-inflected indie pop, which is impeccably arranged here with willowy pedal steel and subtle stabs of brass and strings. Webster's reflections on love and relationships dial in on the everyday colloquialisms and simple emotions which, when not delivered with a wink, can be quite sweet. Over a breezy soft pop bed, album-opener "Better Distractions" effectively captures the preoccupied longing of time apart from the one you love, as does the sweeping countrypolitan of "A Stranger" with its mumbled, childlike asides and lush strings. There's a cotton-soft lounginess to many of the tracks, like the athlete-crush ode "A Dream with a Baseball Player" and the drowsy "Overslept," which features a nice left-field verse in Japanese courtesy of guest singer Mei Ehara. Although she does tone down the wit a few degrees, the album title alone serves as an indicator that Webster has no intention of playing it straight. ~ Timothy Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	06/25/2021
Label:	Secretly Canadian
UPC:	0656605040110
Rank:	1081

Tracks

1. Better Distractions
2. Sometimes
3. I Know I'm Funny Haha
4. In a Good Way
5. Kind Of
6. Cheers
7. Both All the Time
8. A Stranger
9. A Dream with a Baseball Player
10. Overslept
11. Half of Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Faye Webster   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jeremy Wheatley   Drums
Harold Brown   Drums,Percussion
Matt "Pistol" Stoessel   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Baritone),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Classical)
Bryan Howard   Bass
Elizabeth OHara   Viola
Derek Smith   Viola
Nick Rosen   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Jordi Lara   Cello
Noah Johnson   Cello
Jocelyn Smith   Viola
Alex De Jong   Strings
Trey Pollard   Conductor
Treesa Gold   Violin
Anna Bishop   Violin
Adrian Pintea   Violin
Stacy Matthews   Violin
Schuyler Slack   Cello
Meredith Riley   Violin
Henry White   Horn
Annie Leeth   Violin
Jeanette Jang   Violin
Mei Ehara   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Joe Lambert   Mastering
Drew Vandenberg   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Faye Webster   Composer,Producer
Treesa Gold   Contractor
Matt Swinsky   Editing
Eat Humans   Photography
Annie Leeth   String Arrangements
Luke Webster   Artwork