“As a part of the LGBTQ community, a woman, and a self reflective artist, Leah shines a light on the wide spectrum of human emotion throughout “triptych.” She simultaneously bares her truth, while giving people a place to feel, escape, and question the world they are living in. Each song gives a voice to thoughts that so many of us have had but not known how to speak.

Leah gives an artistic and intellectual lens on life’s darker edges including sexuality, mental health, heartbreak, and substance abuse. Her album is so full of thought and intention, that the best way to understand it is from the artist’s own perspective. Listen and get to know “triptych” and Leah better as she takes you through it track by track.”

“This is an album about life – the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. I hope, in listening, it gives you even a fraction of the healing it has given me in creating it. ”

“Leah Capelle‘s new single ‘i keep her,’ which BlackBook premieres here, opens with the stark confession: ‘I take too much and leave nothing for her / I don’t why I do it, and I don’t know how to stop.’

It’s this kind of emotional honesty that has propelled the young LA songstress steadily into the greater spotlight since her 2014 debut EP. And on this track, with the kind of visceral intensity of a Vanessa Carlton or Lykke Li, she conveys longing and vulnerability in equal measure, over thundering drums, and against an opulent, haunting sweep of strings.

She admits to a deep, emotional connection with women, something which created an understandable measure of confusion when she was younger. But she’s since learned to be more honest with herself, and accepting of her real feelings.”

“Sonically, ‘on accident’ is a very different song from previous singles like ‘alder lake’ and ‘know me better,’ but are not at odds with one another, she says. ‘Playing around with genre-blending, toying with different songwriting postures, finding comfort in discomfort, these are the things that feel distinctively mine in a way. It’s a really beautiful part of creating art.’”

“‘The visual for “know me better” is a meditation on love—on both romantic love and self-love,’ said Capelle. ‘The piece channels through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and lastly acceptance, as the characters fight, cry, drink, dance, and burn old photographs with a sense of urgent, reckless abandon.’

Glimmering with the pop/rock vibes we’ve come to adore from HAIM and Tegan and Sara, the video is just as much about letting go as it is the beginning of something new. Capelle is working through the end of a relationship, but something seems to be budding with the girl comforting her. ”

“The lyrics to “Know Me Better” started to come to Capelle as she sat alone in her apartment, one she formerly shared with her “long-time partner for three years, until everything fell apart.” She tells NYLON, “It felt as though the apartment had been sliced in half—only half of the art, instruments, and books were missing. But, our place—now my place—which had once been a safe haven, felt like an unbalanced prison.” Her plants were all dying, she noticed, and it became the first line of the song. It all poured out of her: “I started to sing quietly—the words bouncing off the vaulted ceilings and dirty windows back into my mouth.””

“This lyric video features shots of the lake, our home, the surrounding forest, the cranberry bogs, the venues, the people and the sheer joy I feel when secluded in nature. It also features shots of downtown Chicago, where my friends and I would gallivant in the heat of summertime when I was back in the city. This whole piece ties back to my roots as an artist, and shines a light on what a silly, rollercoaster of a woman I am outside of my art. In the editing process, I intentionally included shots of my face with no makeup and my (candidly, frustrating) acne in full force, which I have struggled with for the last few years. I am rarely that vulnerable on camera, aside from the ‘Settle Down’ video. But considering the honest lyrical content of the song and my mission to be as authentic of an artist as I can be, I left the acne, the dirty hair, all of it—because that’s what I actually look like. The woman you see in this video is who I really, truly am.”

“In a world of the ever-growing presence of mainstream hip-hop, Leah’s sound is one that serves as both a refresher and a reminder as to why alternative pop/rock is a killer combination. In fact, although “alder lake” is the much-anticipated sequel to her previous successes (“Docs” and “Settle Down”), it’s certainly no let-down. From signature rock drums to vocals and lyrics as crystal clear and pure as the waters of the real Alder Lake itself, the new track is something that you’ll find yourself jamming to with your best friends in the car.”

“Los Angeles singer-songwriter Leah Capelle is quickly becoming something of a hot commodity, her music trending for its liberating focus on women’s rights, body positivity, and self-empowerment and understanding. ‘Settle Down’ is the latest in the artist’s catalog and certainly follows the powerful path that she’s already been paving. The song lilts into what begins more as a more of a gently arranged ballad than her previous single, ‘Docs’, but bursts into a breakneck rock bridge as Capelle is embattled by the haze of society’s stereotypical expectations.”