Claire Wellin Shares Stirring New Single “Woman of the Future” Ahead of Debut LP
Claire Wellin writes songs that treat history like living material. On her debut solo album The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest, due out June 26 via Better Company Records, the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and violinist pulls from interviews, family archives, and lived experience to map a lineage of women whose stories feel as urgent as they are inherited. The record, co-produced with Allen Tate, moves between past and present with a sense of purpose, stitching together studio recordings, demos, and old cassettes into something subversively expansive.
Lead single “Woman of the Future” distills that project into a clear, resonant statement. Built on swelling strings, steady, forward-moving percussion, and Wellin’s luminous vocal, the track lands as both tribute and call to action. The phrase comes from Wellin’s grandmother Helen, who once described her own mother-in-law, known in the family as Toots, as “kind of a woman of the future.” It’s a line that stuck for its matter-of-fact reverence. Toots had lived a full, independent life before marriage, worked as a teacher, had only one child, and spoke her mind without apology. Those details feel less like quirks and more like a blueprint.
Preview “Woman of the Future”
The song began with its chorus, which came to Wellin on her way to vote in 2024, and it took on new weight after the loss of both of her grandmothers. She returned to it later with a renewed sense of clarity, finishing the track as a way of holding those stories close. Each verse sketches a different figure, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and a great aunt, and focuses on moments of defiance, strength, and self-definition. It stays specific without becoming precious, grounding its sentiment in lived detail rather than abstraction.
Like much of the album, “Woman of the Future” sits in the tension between documentation and feeling. There’s a tactile quality to the arrangement, in the push and pull of the strings and the sense of air around the vocal, that mirrors the way memory works here. It isn’t static, but active, still shaping what comes next. With The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest out June 26, Wellin will bring these songs into a live setting, giving shape to the stories that continue to unfold beyond the recording.
Preview The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest
Claire Wellin Tour Dates
July 6th - St. Paul, MN
July 7th - Kenosha, WI
July 9th - Chicago, IL
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Claire’s anticipated debut solo album traces the fabric of her family history, sifting through inherited stories, personal memories, and archival material to navigate the past and chart a path forward. The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest draws on interviews with her grandmothers and extended family to tell a quintessentially American story of the women who came before her. The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and violinist grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, surrounded by musicians at home and across generations of her family. These roots echo throughout the record, weaving together studio recordings, demos, and cassettes to explore life, death, and the lessons that emerge in its wake.
The album was made with the support of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and was co-produced with Allen Tate. It will be released on Better Company Records on June 26.
Claire is the lead singer and violinist of the indie rock powerhouse San Fermin and a proud member of Folk Alliance, the Recording Academy, SAG-AFTRA, and SURJ NYC. She also volunteers with the Arts & Culture team of the Poor People’s Campaign and Songs in the Key of Resistance with the Kairos Center. Listeners can also explore her previous work as Youth in a Roman Field.
She has performed on Broadway, toured extensively as a singer and violinist, and has worked as an arranger, writer, and performer on over forty records in the past decade. She wrote and performed the score for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play Accidentally Brave, and composes for dance, film, and visual art projects.
SHORT BIO
Claire’s anticipated debut solo album traces the fabric of her family history, sifting through inherited stories, personal memories, and archival material to navigate the past and chart a path forward. The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest draws on interviews with her grandmothers and extended family to tell a quintessentially American story of the women who came before her. The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and violinist grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, surrounded by musicians at home and across generations of her family. These roots echo throughout the record, weaving together studio recordings, demos, and cassettes to explore life, death, and the lessons that emerge in its wake.
The album was made with the support of a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and was co-produced with Allen Tate. It will be released on Better Company Records on June 26.
SHORTEST BIO
Claire Wellin is a violin-looping singer-songwriter from the Midwest who lives in Brooklyn. Her album The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest tells stories of the women who came before her, exploring life, death, and lessons that emerge in its wake.
SOUNDS LIKE:
Andrew Bird + Norah Jones + Anais Mitchell + Laura Marling + Fiona Apple, with influences from Ravel to Radiohead.
PREVIEW THE SUN AND FUN CAPITAL OF THE MIDWEST: https://better-company-studios.disco.ac/playlist-new/29078983?date=20260506&user_id=1109915&signature=szaZNunikwwcIy2fVBNTaBqFz_E%3AL9IiFWo1
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