Leah Abramson — On The Abramson Singers Return

Leah Abramson is back with new music under The Abramson Singers name, but this episode is not really about a simple return.

What comes through in this conversation is everything that happened in between.

There is a lot of life around this new chapter. Leah talks about becoming a parent, teaching, and figuring out what it means to keep making music when the usual artist routine no longer fits the same way. That part of the episode feels especially real. Not in a dramatic way, just in a very clear and grounded one. She is not trying to force an old version of things back into place. She is working out what music looks like now.

That also shows up in how these songs were written. This time, a lot of the material started on piano instead of guitar, which pushed her into different chord choices and a different kind of harmony. Later in the episode, she also talks about how the record slowly came together with Jason Starnes, first in a casual way, then eventually turning into a full album. It is a good reminder that some records do not arrive all at once. Sometimes they build slowly, week by week, until they become something bigger.

One of the nicest moments in the episode is when Leah talks about the opening track and the a cappella thread that still runs through The Abramson Singers. She says she felt like the record needed to begin that way, and that choice ended up connecting to something very personal, using lines from her daughter that she had been holding onto for a long time. It is one of those details that makes the whole project feel even more lived-in.

We also get into lyrics, which clearly matter a lot to her. Leah talks about editing carefully, making deliberate choices, and leaving in references that not everyone will catch right away. Later, when I ask which song on the EP feels the most meaningful to her now, she points to “Can You See It Now.” The way she talks about that song says a lot about the whole record. Family, interior life, thought, perspective, and the constant back and forth of trying to be present for someone else while still making sense of your own world.

By the end of the conversation, what stayed with me most was not just that Leah Abramson is back under The Abramson Singers name. It was the feeling of someone finding her way back into songwriting itself.

The new EP is called Anything You Could’ve Been. You can hear the full conversation now on Inlet Wire.