One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden

One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden
Studio album by Ada Lea
Released	September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	40:11
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	Ada Lea Marshall Vore
Ada Lea chronology
What We Say in Private (2019) One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden (2021) When I Paint My Masterpiece (2025)

One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden is the second full-length studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ada Lea. It was released on September 24, 2021 through Saddle Creek Records. Production was handled by Lea together with Marshall Vore. The album debuted at number 23 on the Official Record Store Chart and number 19 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart in the UK, and was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.2/10 [1]
Metacritic	75/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Beats Per Minute	73/100% [4]
Distorted Sound	7/10 [5]
Exclaim!	8/10 [6]
Flood	8/10 [7]
Mojo	[8]
Pitchfork	7.1/10 [9]
The Skinny	[10]
Uncut	7/10 [11]
Under the Radar	[12]

One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on eight reviews. ^[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.2 out of 10, based on nine reviews. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alexandra Levy.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Damn"	4:21
2.	"Can't Stop Me From Dying"	3:09
3.	"Oranges"	4:54
4.	"Partner"	3:45
5.	"Saltspring"	4:23
6.	"And My Newness Spoke to Your Newness and It Was a Thing of Endless"	0:56
7.	"My Love 4 U Is Real"	4:31
8.	"Backyard"	2:56
9.	"Writer in NY"	3:19
10.	"Violence"	4:26
11.	"Hurt"	3:31
Total length:		40:11

Personnel

• Alexandra "Ada Lea" Levy — lyrics, vocals, producer, engineering (tracks: 5, 6, 8), additional recording (tracks: 1–3, 9, 10), mixing (track 6), art direction
• Marshall Vore — producer & engineering (tracks: 1–4, 7, 9–11)
• Daniel Gélinas — engineering (tracks: 5, 8)
• Sam Gleason — additional recording (tracks: 1, 3, 7–9, 11)
• Steve Newton — additional recording (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 11)
• Burke Reid — mixing (tracks: 1–5, 7–11)
• Heba Kadry — mastering
• Monse Muro — art direction, photography
• Catherine Pelletie — art direction, graphic design
• Alice Cloutier — photography assistant

References

1. "One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden by Ada Lea reviews | Any Decent Music". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
2. "Critic Reviews for One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
3. Thomas, Fred. "One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden". AllMusic . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
4. Finlayson, Ray (September 28, 2021). "Album Review: Ada Lea – one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
5. Solomon, Rosie (September 20, 2021). "ALBUM REVIEW: One Hand On The Steering Wheel The Other Sewing A Garden - Ada Lea". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
6. Bell, Kaelen (September 21, 2021). "Ada Lea Magnifies the Little Details on 'one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden'". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
7. Fennell, Sean (October 6, 2021). "Ada Lea, "one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden"". FLOOD. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
8. B, J (November 2021). "Filter Albums Extra". MOJO . p. 94.
9. Freedman, Max (October 7, 2021). "Ada Lea: one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
10. Davison, Bethany (September 20, 2021). "Ada Lea album review: one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden". The Skinny . Retrieved May 20, 2025.
11. Ferla, Lisa-Marie (October 2021). "New Albums". UNCUT . p. 29.
12. Moody, Mark (September 24, 2021). "one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden". Under The Radar . Retrieved May 20, 2025.

External links

• One Hand On The Steering Wheel The Other Sewing A Garden at Discogs (list of releases)