Ryan Adams’ new album Big Colors has been pulled from its planned April 19 release, The New York Times, Variety, and Billboard report. The album was due to be released in April on Adams’ own label Pax-Am and distributed by Capitol Records and Blue Note. It has been removed from Pax-Am’s website, iTunes, and Apple Music. The Times cites announcements by record store chains such as Bull Moose and SRCVinyl that the album release has been canceled. Adams’ label representatives have not responded to Pitchfork’s requests for comment.
Big Colors was set to be the first installment in a 2019 trilogy of albums. He revealed that the second album was titled Wednesdays.
On Wednesday, February 13, it was reported that several women accused Ryan Adams of abuse—ranging from emotional manipulation to sexual misconduct—in a New York Times report. It included interviews with Mandy Moore—the musician and actress who was once married to Adams—as well as Phoebe Bridgers and singer/songwriter Courtney Jaye. One woman claimed she was 15 and 16 when Adams engaged in sexual conversation with her and exposed himself to her. An FBI inquiry into Adams’ alleged interactions with that underage woman has been opened. Karen Elson and Liz Phair also alluded to bad experiences with Adams in social media statements. Musical equipment companies Benson Amps and JHS Pedals, which produced signature amplifiers and guitar pedals with Adams, have also ended their relationships with the musician.
Earlier tonight (February 15), Jenny Lewis took to Twitter to express her thoughts on the allegations made against Adams. “I am deeply troubled by Ryan Adams’ alleged behavior,” Lewis wrote. “Although he and I had a working professional relationship, I stand in solidarity with the women who have come forward.” Lewis and Adams collaborated together on Lewis’ 2014 solo LP The Voyager, and is slated to feature on her forthcoming album On the Line. Find her tweet below.
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After the first Times article was published, Ryan Adams took to Twitter to deny the allegations made against him. “I am not a perfect man and I have made many mistakes,” Adams said on Wednesday. “To anyone I have ever hurt, however unintentionally, I apologize deeply and unreservedly. But the picture that this article paints is upsettingly inaccurate.”
This article was originally published on Friday, February 15 at 10:02 a.m. Eastern. It was last updated on February 15 at 11:13 p.m. Eastern.
