Madeline Kenney
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Madeline Kenney
| image = Madeline Kenney 2019.jpg
| alt = Kenney playing guitar in front of a microphone
| caption = Kenney in 2019
| birth_name = Madeline Claire Kenney
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|17}}
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington
| origin = Oakland, California
| genre = Indie rock
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| label = Company
}}
Madeline Claire Kenney (born 17 November 1991){{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/893090886 |title=ALWAYS |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=November 11, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/mkenneymusic/p/CWYYweRJ0cW/?img_index=1|title=it's my birthday ! today to celebrate 30 years of trying and failing and flailing and following 10000000+ passions|author=Madeline Kenney|via=Instagram|date=17 November 2021|accessdate=29 March 2025}} is an American indie rock singer-songwriter based in Oakland, California.{{Cite web |title=Madeline Kenney – Carpark Records |url=https://www.carparkrecords.com/artists/madeline-kenney/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.carparkrecords.com}}
Early life and career
Born and raised in Seattle, Kenney started playing piano at the age of five and joined multiple bands.{{Cite news |title=Madeline Kenney: Night Night at the First Landing Review |language=en |work=pastemagazine.com |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/madeline-kenney/madeline-kenney-night-night-at-the-first-landing-r |access-date=2017-09-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2017/08/15/madeline-kenney-big-one-night-night-at-the-first-landing|title=You Should Play Madeline Kenney's "Big One" At Your Wedding|website=The Fader|access-date=2017-09-06}}
In 2016, she released the extended play Signals,{{Cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/madeline-kenney-night-night-at-the-first-landing/|title=Madeline Kenney: Night Night at the First Landing|work=PopMatters|access-date=2017-09-06}} and in 2017, she released her debut studio album Night Night at the First Landing on Company Records.{{Cite web|url=http://thebaybridged.com/2017/09/05/loustic-sessions-madeline-kenney/|title=Loustic Sessions: Madeline Kenney, "Uncommon"|last=Amable|first=Jody|date=2017-09-05|website=The Bay Bridged|access-date=2017-09-06}} Both the records were produced by Chaz Bear, also known as Toro y Moi.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7941866/madeline-kenney-interview|title=Baker, Neuroscientist, Painter, Musician: Meet Madeline Kenney|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-09-06}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/536454962/songs-we-love-madeline-kenney-always|title=Madeline Kenney's Detours And False Starts Lead To 'Always'|website=NPR.org|access-date=2017-09-06}} A follow-up album, Perfect Shapes, was released in October 2018, with Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak producing.{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/madeline-kenney-perfect-shapes-interview-2610367747.html|title=Madeline Kenney Crafts a 'Perfect' Follow-Up LP|last=Chiu|first=David|date=2018-10-09|website=PopMatters|access-date=2019-04-11}} On January 22, 2021, Kenney surprise-released her EP Summer Quarter.{{Cite news |last=Arnone, Joey |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Madeline Kenney Surprise Releases New EP, Shares Video for New Song "Summer Quarter" |work=Under The Radar |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/madeline_kenney_surprise_releases_new_ep_shares_video_for_new_song_summer_q/ |access-date=23 January 2021}}
She released her fourth album A New Reality Mind on July 28, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Album Of The Week: Madeline Kenney's 'A New Reality Mind' |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2230940/madeline-kenney-a-new-reality-mind/reviews/album-of-the-week/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |
| scope="row"| Night Night at the First Landing
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| scope="row"| Perfect Shapes
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| scope="row"| Sucker's Lunch
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| scope="row"| A New Reality Mind
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= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |
| scope="row" |Signals
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| scope="row" |Summer Quarter
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= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Year |
| scope="row"| "Rita"
| rowspan="2"| 2017 |
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| scope="row"| "Always" |
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Category:Singers from Oakland, California
Category:American indie rock musicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)