2025 studio album by Jensen McRae
| I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! | ||||
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| Released | April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25) | |||
| Length | 33:44 | |||
| Label | Dead Oceans | |||
| Producer | Brad Cook | |||
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I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! is the second studio album by American folk-pop singer-songwriter Jensen McRae. It was released on April 25, 2025, via Dead Oceans.[1]
Produced by Brad Cook, who recorded the album with McRae in North Carolina,[2] the album centers on McRae’s reflection on past relationships, deviating from its “coming of age“-themed predecessor, Are You Happy Now?.[1] “Praying for Your Downfall” was released as the album’s lead single on February 19, 2025.[3]
Referring to several songs such as “I Can Change Him” and “Let Me Be Wrong”, DIY‘s Sarah Jamieson remarked, “these are a set of songs that examine all the broken pieces of her love stories and point the finger in everyone’s direction,” giving the album a rating of 4.5 stars.[1]
The album received a rating of four from Dork reviewer Felicity Newton, who described it as “a record that’s both timeless and perfectly timed” and “the work of an artist who’s mastered the art of turning personal history into shared experience.”[4] Pitchfork‘s Olivia Horn rated the album 7.3, noting “not everything is quite so grim” and “the bright, nostalgic pop palette McRae deploys across the album to help counterbalance its weightier material.”[6]
It was given a rating score of 68% by Spectrum Culture, which commented, “Thematically, the album leans into the idea of imperfections. Thus, the tracks that lyrically and sonically capture the romantic notion of flaws are destined to have a lasting effect.”[7] Writing for Hot Press with a rating of 8.5, Caroline Kelly opined, “Driving a heavy force of heartbreak and rebuilding, I Don’t Know How finds the singer at the intersection where Taylor Swift’s Red and Joni Mitchell’s Blue collide.”[5]
| Title | ||
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| 1. | “The Rearranger” | 2:48 |
| 2. | “I Can Change Him” | 3:37 |
| 3. | “Savannah” | 3:24 |
| 4. | “Daffodils” | 2:35 |
| 5. | “Let Me Be Wrong” | 2:36 |
| 6. | “Novelty” | 2:34 |
| 7. | “I Don’t Do Drugs” | 2:19 |
| 8. | “Tuesday” | 2:46 |
| 9. | “Mother Wound” | 2:22 |
| 10. | “Praying for Your Downfall” | 3:05 |
| 11. | “Massachusetts” | 3:38 |
| Total length: | 33:44 | |
- ^ a b c d Jamieson, Sarah (April 23, 2025). “Jensen McRae – I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!“. DIY. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Kurp, Josh (February 19, 2025). “Jensen McRae Announces I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! Album”. Uproxx. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ Schube, Will (February 19, 2025). “Jensen McRae Preps New LP I Don’t Know How but They Found Me!, Shares ‘Praying for Your Downfall’“. Flood. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Newton, Felicity (April 23, 2025). “Jensen McRae – I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!“. Dork. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Kelly, Caroline (April 25, 2025). “Album Review: Jensen McRae, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!“. Hot Press. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Horn, Olivia (May 1, 2025). “Jensen McRae: I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!“. Pitchfork. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ a b Chirwa, Kabelo (May 12, 2025). “Jensen McRae: I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! + Not Too Perfect”. Spectrum Culture. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
