℗ 2023 Sarah Jarosz., Under exclusive license to Rounder Records
| Released | January 26, 2024 |
| Duration | 43m 35s |
| Record Label | Rounder |
| Catalogue No. | 1166102052 |
| Genre | Singer Songwriter |
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1.1
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Jealous Moon
Sarah Jarosz |
4:24 | |||
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1.2
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When The Lights Go Out
Sarah Jarosz |
3:15 | |||
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1.3
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Runaway Train
Sarah Jarosz |
3:00 | |||
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1.4
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The Way It Is Now
Sarah Jarosz |
3:46 | |||
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1.5
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Dying Ember
Sarah Jarosz |
3:37 | |||
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1.6
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Columbus & 89th
Sarah Jarosz |
4:15 | |||
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1.7
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Take The High Road
Sarah Jarosz |
4:35 | |||
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1.8
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Don’t Break Down On Me
Sarah Jarosz |
3:54 | |||
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1.9
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Days Can Turn Around
Sarah Jarosz |
3:58 | |||
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1.10
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Good At What I Do
Sarah Jarosz |
3:47 | |||
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1.11
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Mezcal And Lime
Sarah Jarosz |
5:04 |
The seventh full-length from four-time Grammy Award-winner Sarah Jarosz, Polaroid Lovers is an album-long meditation on those strangely ephemeral moments that indelibly shape our lives. “What I love about a Polaroid is that it's capturing something so fleeting, but at the same time it makes that moment last forever,” says the Texas-born singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. “It made sense as a title for a record where all the songs are snapshots of different love stories, and there's a feeling of time being expansive despite that impermanence.” Thanks to the rarefied alchemy that infuses all of Jarosz's output—her finely wrought lyricism, ravishing vocal work, virtuosic yet unfettered musicality—Polaroid Lovers performs the much-needed magic of leading us toward a heightened sense of presence, all while casting a lovely spell with her timelessly powerful songs.
Produced by Daniel Tashian at the legendary Sound Emporium, Polaroid Lovers took shape as Jarosz recorded live with musicians like guitarist Rob McNelley (Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood), Tom Bukovac (Tom Petty, Vince Gill) on guitar and organ, her husband bassist Jeff Picker (Nickel Creek, Ricky Skaggs), and drummer Fred Eltringham (Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams), carving out a viscerally potent but resplendent brand of folk-rock.
Looking back on the making of Polaroid Lovers, Jarosz notes that shaking up her process ultimately left her eager to further expand her creative horizons.
“It was a big step for me to reach out to Daniel, but in the end it showed me how important it is to keep taking thoughtful chances. This whole album reminded me that I never want to play it safe—if anything, I want there to always be that element of being a little scared, because that means I’m taking a risk. In a way that’s what’s so wonderful about art: if you’re lucky, you never reach the finish line. You just keep searching and chiseling away at the stone, and putting everything you can into making something that tells the truth but hopefully leaves space for others to find meaning too.”
- Sarah Jarosz
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rounder Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.20 -0.22 to -0.20 | -13.68 -14.95 to -12.33 | -11.40 -13.20 to -9.90 | 9 7 to 10 | |
| 1 | Jealous Moon | -0.20 | -13.11 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 2 | When The Lights Go Out | -0.20 | -12.70 | -10.8 | 8 |
| 3 | Runaway Train | -0.20 | -13.43 | -10.7 | 9 |
| 4 | The Way It Is Now | -0.21 | -14.95 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 5 | Dying Ember | -0.20 | -13.05 | -10.5 | 8 |
| 6 | Columbus & 89th | -0.21 | -14.91 | -13.2 | 10 |
| 7 | Take The High Road | -0.20 | -13.32 | -11.0 | 8 |
| 8 | Don’t Break Down On Me | -0.20 | -13.60 | -11.4 | 8 |
| 9 | Days Can Turn Around | -0.20 | -14.12 | -12.0 | 9 |
| 10 | Good At What I Do | -0.20 | -12.33 | -9.9 | 7 |
| 11 | Mezcal And Lime | -0.22 | -14.92 | -12.7 | 9 |