The Bathtub and the Sea follows Jo's celebrated 2008 debut, I Want to Be Happy, which was christened by Downbeat as one of the “best CDs of the 2000s,” and its sterling 2014 follow-up, Taking Pictures. Much as she did in Pictures, Lawry spends The Bathtub and the Sea exploring her gifts as a singer-songwriter, writing or co-writing each of the album’s 11 tracks for a set that often echoes her life while adding a twist or two. The title track, co-written with Doug Wamble, sets the course of the album in its tale of navigating beginnings and endings. The shimmering “Wedding Song” was penned as a wedding-day surprise to her husband, musician and collaborator Will Vinson. The equally lovely “So Far So Good,” is her one-year anniversary present to him. The duet version of “Unlearning” is maybe the record’s centerpiece, in which the ethereal twin voices of Lawry and her longtime boss, Sting, dance around each other. 

Full Track Listing:

1. The Bathtub And The Sea    
2. Please Don't Think    
3. Unlearning
4. Jenny Kissed Me    
5. If I Saw You    
6. So Far, So Good    
7. The Kitchen Sink    
8. Wedding Song    
9. Olive Tree    
10. Open Me Up
11. The End Of The World