# Courtney Werner (Magic Tuber Stringband, Dowsers, Weirs) Announces Debut Solo Album Tritium Forests: Hear “sierra one whiskey eight”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/courtney-werner-magic-tuber-stringband-dowsers-weirs-announces-debut-solo-album-tritium-forests-hear-sierra-one-whiskey-eight/
- Published: 2026-11-12T21:42:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T22:33:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2517790/courtney-werner-magic-tuber-stringband-dowsers-weirs-announces-debut-solo-album-tritium-forests-hear-sierra-one-whiskey-eight/music/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Courtney Werner has announced her first solo album, Tritium Forests.
- The lead single takes inspiration from recordings of wildlife.
- The five-track album arrives on 26 February.

## Summary

Courtney Werner has announced Tritium Forests, her debut solo album, continuing to combine experimental folk music with her work as an ecologist. Its lead single, “sierra one whiskey eight”, draws on recordings of wildlife and imagines the fiddle player joining the soundscape.

The five-track album is due on 26 February through Thrill Jockey. Werner is also a member of Magic Tuber Stringband, Dowsers and Weirs; she says the single was inspired by coyotes, barred owls and whip-poor-wills.

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