Nobody’s Girl out Friday, Sept. 26, via Silver Knife/ATO

Amanda Shires is the voice of reason you’d want in your corner, but only if the support is mutual. She is no one’s wife, no one’s backing musician and no one’s punch line. And right now, the only person she’s fighting for is herself.

Her ninth solo album Nobody’s Girl , out Friday via Silver Knife/ATO, explores what’s left in the wake of a love that’s gone away: hard memories and frustration, coupled with growth and new beginnings. Shires made the record with frequent collaborator Lawrence Rothman , who also produced her 2022 album Take It Like a Man . It listens like a work of gothic literature — Shires seems to haunt a space once hallowed, recounting something good gone by. But the story she’s telling isn’t a sad one —

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