Maya de Vitry
Energized by the spontaneity of live performance and a
revelatory pursuit of truth in her lyric writing, Maya de Vitry returns with
her fifth full-length album, All My Faith. Prioritizing presence and
grit over studio polish, she sounds joyously at home in the alt-country and
indie-folk realms.
From canyons to kitchens, from cold lakes to highway truck
stops, the songs form a vibrant collage of joy, sorrow, and gut-wrenching
honesty. Whether spinning an inspirational tale about hungover bachelorettes at
the Nashville airport or exploring the prison of our own adaptations, de Vitry
brings a grounded confidence and quiet charisma rooted in her belief in the
power of song to change us.
"I was nurturing self-acceptance as my North Star. I can observe other people
all day long but have been afraid to write about my own heart in such
detail-opening up about my relationship with my partner and my relationship
with touring," Maya reflects. "I also wanted real self-acceptance in my
singing, and I wanted all the other musicians in the room to understand just
how much I trusted and accepted their instincts. When the band realized that
I was planning to do no edits whatsoever on these tracks, the level of
commitment from everyone just soared. It was a really exciting atmosphere
in the studio," de Vitry recalls.
And indeed, the band's playing is responsive, uninhibited,
and emotionally spot on. Recorded and mixed by 5-time Grammy Award-winning
engineer Sean Sullivan and self-produced by de Vitry, All My
Faith is a buoyant gathering of road-tested songs brought to life by a cast
of her closest confidantes and collaborators. For pedal steel and guitar, she
enlisted Spencer Cullum and Ethan Ballinger (both members of
Miranda Lambert's touring band), alongside Jo Schornikow (of
alt-country/indie band Phosphorescent) on keys. They are joined by frequent
members of de Vitry's live band: Ethan Jodziewicz on bass, Dominic
Billett on drums, and Shelby Means and Joel Timmons on
harmony vocals.
The album opens with a joyful surrender to time, love, and
the unknown in the title track, "All My Faith." It expresses a commitment, not
just to a person, but to showing up with true engagement in togetherness. At
its heart, the album reflects on the ways human beings choose to care for
one another in myriad forms and on the generative healing and wisdom that
emerge from our relationships-with each other and with the natural world. These
10 songs are the intoxicating sound of faith in action-a bandleader fully
trusting in her life experiences, her craft, her collaborators, and the moment.
It captures the presence she has been cultivating in her live shows, and
hearing it magnified on record is its own revelation.