FFO: Alison Krauss, The Lumineers, Gillian Welch, Sarah Jarosz
RIYL: Americana, folk, roots, cosmic-country
1. I’m Doing Fine
2. Until We Heal
3. Hold It In
4. Soon I’ll Move On
5. Lemon Soap
6. Shut It Off
7. The Rising
8. The Moon Is Made Of Green Cheese
9. Losing Me
10. Failures On The Wall
11. Die Alone
12. 33
A queer Americana record about rebuilding after unraveling—one that places personal heartbreak alongside the larger cultural and political shifts of the last decade.
At its core, Rest & Rise is about what it means to keep moving forward when both personal and collective worlds feel unstable. Across twelve songs, ABBY POSNER traces the emotional terrain of heartbreak, grief, social upheaval, aging, queer identity, disillusionment, and renewal, creating a deeply human portrait of life in transition.
The record unfolds in the aftermath of loss, beginning with songs that inhabit the suspended space between what was and what comes next. Whether examining the lingering ache of a breakup, the strange unreality of memory, or the desire to erase emotional residue altogether, Posner captures the ways grief can distort time and leave us watching the world move forward before we’re ready to follow. Yet the album refuses to remain fixed in despair. Instead, it continually searches for meaning within uncertainty, asking how we rebuild after unraveling and what forms of resilience emerge when certainty disappears.
Alongside its personal narratives, the album broadens its lens to examine the larger cultural moment. Songs like “Until We Heal,” “The Moon Is Made of Green Cheese,” and “Failures on the Wall” wrestle with the emotional realities of living through rapid social change, political polarization, and the exhaustion of remaining engaged in a world that often feels overwhelming.
Throughout, Posner explores the tension between hope and disillusionment, acknowledging that progress—whether personal or societal—is rarely linear and often requires confronting darkness before finding light.
The album is equally concerned with identity and the passage of time. It reflects on the distance between who we once were and who we are becoming, exploring nostalgia for youth, the complexities of dating and intimacy in midlife, and the universal desire to reconnect with a simpler version of oneself. These themes are approached with a balance of vulnerability, humor, and hard-earned perspective, allowing the record to feel both deeply personal and broadly relatable.
What ultimately ties the collection together is a commitment to self- awareness. Rather than offering easy villains or tidy resolutions, the songs acknowledge the contradictions that exist within all of us—the capacity for both hurt and healing, avoidance and vulnerability, cynicism and hope. By the album’s closing moments, the focus shifts away from blame and toward understanding, suggesting that growth begins not when we transcend our flaws, but when we learn to recognize them.
Musically rooted in Americana, folk, indie rock, and singer-songwriter traditions, the album serves as both a personal reckoning and a reflection of a generation navigating profound change. It is a record about surviving heartbreak, surviving history, and ultimately finding the strength to rise from both.
Abby Posner has been a working musician in Los Angeles for the past 18 + years. She is best known for her ability to play nearly any instrument that she can get her hands on, twisting genres, and pushing the boundaries of folk, roots, electronic, and pop music making her “Genre Fluid.” If you have seen Abby perform live, you know she can play a fierce lead-blues guitar solo, or throw down a complex Earl Scruggs banjo riff. You also may have spotted her playing drums, mandolin, or bass while using her looping pedal. In addition to her versatility, she puts passion and soul into everything she does. Posner’s live shows are simply mesmerizing. Her energy is comparable to Chris Thile of Nickel Creek, and The Lumineers. Posner’s songs range from intimate haunting folk songs, to upbeat festival/dance your pants off hits.
This CalArts music graduate has composed & produced music for commercials/TV, films, and radio shows all over the globe (including Hulu’s Maggie, The Fosters, This American Life, The Art of More, and Last Tango in Halifax, custom songs for Facebook, Viacom-CBS, and CW’s Kung Fu). She also has music placed in commercials and TV shows all over China, Sweden, The UK, and Australia. Posner appeared in two episodes of GLEE on season four playing banjo and guitar, and the Freeform show Famous In Love playing banjo, as well as performing live several times on KCAL 9 news and Good Day LA.
Abby has also scored the music for multiple films (Across Land Across Sea, Through Their Eyes, award winning short animation Elizabeth Sees, and recently scored the Award-winning Documentary Lady Buds) while playing and touring all over the US. In 2019 Posner played banjo and sang Wagon Wheel as a featured principal role in Bank Of America’s ad campaign for the Ken Burn’s PBS Country Music Documentary along side Dom Flemons and Amythyst Kiah.
After signing with Gary Calamar’s licensing company Laurel Canon in 2016, Abby Posner has gained major recognition in the LA music scene. Opening for such iconic acts as PHRANC, Sierra Hull, and Dustbowl Revival. She has released multiple albums under her name, and Abby & The Myth, and recently released her first full length album under Blackbird Record Label in 2023 titled Second Chances.
Abby Posner teamed up with Ships Have Sailed to write hit song Get Loud in 2023. Get Loud continues to Chart the Alternative Rock/indie Radio charts, and won the grand prize in the USA Songwriter Competition in 2023.
In 2020 Abby Posner won the Carl Gage “Give me Shelter in Place” Songwriting Award through the Topanga Folk Festival for her original song Blind Spots, and she received the runner up for her song Emergency Use Only for the 18th Annual International Acoustic Music Awards. She was honored to land Official Showcases at Folk Alliance International in 2022 and 2024 after signing with her booking agency Baker Booking (now Rockwood Booking.)
Posner was an official Showcase Artist at Americana Fest 2023, and her music video Quiet On Sunset was recently featured on CMT.
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