The Music Corridor of Williamsburg was buzzing at 9 p.m. Monday evening as 600-some individuals filed into the venue to observe Adrianne Lenker debut songs from her new solo album “Vibrant Future,” out Friday. When the Massive Thief frontwoman sauntered onstage, acoustic guitar and pocket book in hand, she confronted a rapturous viewers the scale of which she has already outgrown. (In November, the indie folks darling will play two nights at Brooklyn’s 3,000-cap Kings Theatre.)

However then, the second she plucked the primary notes of “Cell Telephone Says,” an unreleased new album minimize, there was silence. That awestruck, respectful type of quiet endured all through the 90-minute present, till “Something” prompted some gentle viewers harmonizing and “Vampire Empire” acquired individuals singing, “Falling, yeah!”

After a rousing solo set from Palehound’s El Kempner, Lenker cycled via a handful of songs alone — favorites from her 2020 album “Songs,” plus Massive Thief’s apocalyptic stunner “The Solely Place.” Lenker then introduced out Nick Hakim and Mat Davidson, who sing and play piano, violin and guitar on “Vibrant Future,” and completed the live performance as a trio.

Intriguingly, it was generally troublesome to discern between the three musicians, whose delicate enjoying gelled collectively in an ambient swell. On “Actual Home,” the stirring, purposefully shapeless new album opener, Lenker fashioned a mosaic of childhood recollections: “Do you keep in mind / Coming to the hospital once I was 14? / My pals all left me there spinning / Dad was offended and also you noticed all the things.” On “Idiot,” one other new album observe, she showcased her finger-picking with a woozy, dextrous guitar riff. Every music was met with enthusiastic, attentive applause. At instances, even Lenker appeared shocked, saying with a shy giggle in between songs, “I hold, like, eager to… I don’t know.”

Lenker closed the set with “Unhappiness as a Reward,” a music that had lengthy gestated at Massive Thief’s dwell reveals earlier than touchdown on “Vibrant Future.” It’s a sweeping, simple ode to the ephemeral, with Lenker lamenting, “The seasons go so quick / Considering that this one was gonna final / Possibly the query was an excessive amount of to ask.”

After Lenker exited the stage, gathering just a few letters and items from followers within the entrance row, the venue rattled with “woo”s and claps for a number of minutes. May she come again out? I questioned. No method. Lenker infamously hates feeling coaxed to return again onstage. (She as soon as posted a video apologizing to bummed-out followers however defending Massive Thief’s resolution to skip encores to be able to keep “honesty” within the band’s reveals.)

However, alas, Lenker returned, and sat down on the piano to play “Evol,” one other yet-to-be-released solo music. She carried out one verse after which froze, basking within the venue’s silence for shut to twenty seconds. After contemplating her choices, she stated with a smile, “OK, that’s it,” and stood up and walked offstage. 

Possibly the query of a full encore was an excessive amount of to ask. However given the rarity of the event, I’m simply grateful we acquired one thing.