Gracie Abrams – The Good Riddance Acoustic Shows (Live, Magenta Vinyl)

Gracie Abrams' The Good Riddance Acoustic Shows captures a small run of live performances from September 2023, turning songs from her debut album into a more intimate document of that period. The set arrived after Good Riddance had been named one of Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of 2023, and it keeps the focus on the writing that helped define Abrams' first full-length statement.

These recordings were made with close collaborator Aaron Dessner, who also co-wrote and produced Good Riddance. Here, the material is pared back to an acoustic setting, with performances drawn from the McKittrick Hotel in New York, Riverside Revival in Nashville, and the Masonic Lodge in Los Angeles. That context matters: rather than a big live souvenir, this LP plays like a companion to the album itself, bringing extra space and fragility to songs such as Best, Block me out, and I should hate you.

It also lands at an important moment in Abrams' rise. By early 2024 she was a Grammy nominee for Best New Artist, and this release works as a snapshot of the artist just before that wider breakthrough fully took hold. For anyone drawn to the Aaron Dessner connection or the quieter side of contemporary singer-songwriter pop, this is a thoughtful, nicely focused live set rather than a stopgap extra.

Features

• Magenta Vinyl, Limited Edition