Adrianne Elizabeth Lenker (born July 9, 1991) is an American musician from Indianapolis, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of Big Thief.
In 2006, when Lenker was 13, she released her first solo album titled Stages of the Sun. In 2014, she released her second solo album titled Hours Were the Birds. Lenker also released two EPs with future bandmate Buck Meek, a-sides and b-sides.
In 2015, Lenker formed the band Big Thief after meeting Meek the first day she moved to New York. Lenker released her third solo album, abysskiss, on October 5, 2018
Adrianne Lenker has been causing a stir with her stunning voice and songs with Brooklyn-based indie/folk band Big Thief. In 2013, prior to her hooking up with them, she lived in Minneapolis and recorded an album called Hours Were The Birds. The album features just Lenker’s voice and guitar and was mixed by Andrew Sarlo who would also be the man in the chair for subsequent Big Thief albums, Masterpiece and Capacity. LP and CD on Saddle Creek.