Who's Keeping Time?
by Alela Diane
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 May 2026
- Label: Loose
- Country: United States
- Length: 41:13
- Community rating: 3.44/5 from 11 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded over ten days in August 2025 within the cozy, attic-turned-studio of her historic Victorian house in Portland, 'Who's Keeping Time?' is the seventh studio album from indie folk singer-songwriter Alela Diane. Co-produced alongside Sam Weber, the eleven-track record was tracked entirely live in one room, embracing a warm, unhurried, and human-centric approach. Featuring delicate acoustic guitar picking, violin flourishes from Anna Tivel, and nostalgic lap steel, the songs offer a bittersweet reflection on the seasons of life, memory, and personal transition.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic, Honest, violin, lap steel, Female Vocalist, folk, acoustic, female-vocals, traditional, storytelling
Tracklist
- California (3:29)
- Galloping (3:30)
- In My Own Time (3:10)
- Dusty Roses (3:23)
- Could Be (3:33)
- Spring Is A Fine Time (3:35)
- Wide Open Spaces (4:31)
- Piss, Coffee, Blood Or Wine? (4:16)
- To Be Kind (3:29)
- Fragile As A Flame (4:02)
- Endless Waltz (4:11)
Credits
- Alela Diane - primary artist, written by, producer, art direction, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, piano, whistling
- Peter Lalish - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, baritone guitar, organ [ace tone], post production
- AC Sapphire - backing vocals
- Kati Claborn - backing vocals, dulcimer, clarinet, banjo
- Luke Ydstie - backing vocals, lap steel guitar, mandolin [octave], electric piano [wurlitzer], piano
- Anna Tivel - backing vocals, violin
- Emily Taylor - design
- Danny Austin-Manning - drums, percussion
- Sebastian Owens - electric upright bass, electric bass, bass clarinet
- JJ Golden - mastered by
- Kelsey Gallagher - photography by
- Sam Weber - producer, mixed by, acoustic guitar, guitar [rubber bridge], electric guitar, piano, backing vocals
- Michael Hurley - vocals ["hi alela" voicemail]