Courtney Marie Andrews

Age Restriction: 14+ with adult / 18 without

Valentine is "a record in pursuit of love," says Courtney Marie Andrews. But love, she learned, is built on trust, change, and time-becoming something unrecognizable the deeper you go. Written at a crossroads of endings and beginnings, the album demands honesty from love while revealing a stronger, wiser Andrews. Lush yet elemental, it balances precision with vulnerability.

Since her breakthrough Honest Life (2016), the Grammy-nominated Old Flowers (2020), and Loose Future (2022), Andrews has been praised for evolving Folk and Americana. "I make records to stand alone," she explains. Co-produced with Jerry Bernhardt and recorded mostly to tape, Valentine emphasizes live performance over perfection. Its inspirations include Lee Hazlewood, Big Star's Third, and Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.

The songs emerged from grief and new romance colliding: the near-death of a loved one alongside a fragile relationship. Andrews calls it limerence-consuming, painful, yet oddly empowering. Through music and painting, she found strength: "I didn't want to slink into my pain, I wanted to embrace it."

Lead single "Everyone Wants to Feel Like You Do" pairs sharp lyrics with a Petty-esque drive, critiquing careless masculinity. On "Cons and Clowns", she urges, "Don't make yourself small, baby, take up space." "Little Picture of a Butterfly" blends traditional songwriting with flute, organ, and Brian Wilson harmonies, while closer "Hangman" insists, "love me or don't," defiant rather than pleading. "Keeper," the album's sole co-write, was written in one sitting over dinner, its desperation softened by melody.

Valentine is Andrews's most sonically exploratory record, featuring flute, high-strung guitars, and synths, informed by her work as a painter and poet. Most of all, it reclaims her voice-not just as a tool, but as color, texture, and emotional truth. With Valentine, Andrews delivers her most vulnerable, confident, and loving album yet.

Courtney Marie Andrews is supported by Swedish singer-songwriter Amanda Bergman, who has long been one of the most captivating voices in Scandinavian music. Her warm, raspy tone and disarming honesty have resonated across borders for over a decade. What began as an experiment in anonymity under the monikers Hajen and Idiot Wind evolved into her central role as the lead singer of the beloved supergroup Amason.

Bergman’s solo debut, Docks (2016), cemented her reputation as one of Sweden’s most distinct songwriters. Since then, she has continued to balance artistry and introspection; recording and touring with Amason, founding the venue Rockbonden, and building a life and studio on her farm in rural Sweden, where she lives and works with her long-time creative partner and husband Petter Winnberg

In 2024, after years marked by personal struggle, motherhood, and creative reawakening, Bergman returned with her celebrated sophomore album Your Hand Forever Checking On My Fever, earning not one, but two Swedish Grammy’s.

Now, in 2025, she’s back with her most ambitious and existential work yet: ‘embraced for a second as we die’. Written between late 2024 and early 2025, the album acts as a map through chaos and contemplation, exploring the fleeting beauty of being alive at a time when the world feels on the brink. Bergman describes it as “a record about collapse and acceptance, about finding faith in the act of making art when control is gone.”

Whether performing on international stages or from her Swedish countryside, Amanda Bergman continues to blur the line between vulnerability and strength. In spring 2026, Amanda Bergman will bring these songs to life on the “embraced for a second as we die tour”.