Emily Wells - Promise - Rock - Vinyl

Vinyl LP pressing. 2016 release from performer, producer, singer, and composer known for her varied use of classical and modern instrumentation as well as her deft approach to live sampling. Classically trained as a violinist, she also performs using drums, guitars, keys, and beat machines. Wells has described the LP as "a soul record in baroque clothing... a pauper's opera." Expanding upon the idea, she says in a lengthy press statement: "These finished recordings and their live counterparts take their time - and in doing so ask for a bit of grace. I returned often to an interview I'd watched with the light artist James Turrell where he says, '... not everyone will sit in a darkened room for ten minutes before they begin to see.' This idea allowed me be patient with the work, both in process and outcome. When writing, when recording, there is a period where everything is in service of the song, if at times unconsciously. As the song begins to take form, however, it's role shifts: the song is in service of the life it feeds. How then to convey a malleable 'you', interchangeable with the self, with the friend, with the lover, with the listener, the future?"

Vinyl LP pressing. 2016 release from performer, producer, singer, and composer known for her varied use of classical and modern instrumentation as well as her deft approach to live sampling. Classically trained as a violinist, she also performs using drums, guitars, keys, and beat machines. Wells has described the LP as "a soul record in baroque clothing... a pauper's opera." Expanding upon the idea, she says in a lengthy press statement: "These finished recordings and their live counterparts take their time - and in doing so ask for a bit of grace. I returned often to an interview I'd watched with the light artist James Turrell where he says, '... not everyone will sit in a darkened room for ten minutes before they begin to see.' This idea allowed me be patient with the work, both in process and outcome. When writing, when recording, there is a period where everything is in service of the song, if at times unconsciously. As the song begins to take form, however, it's role shifts: the song is in service of the life it feeds. How then to convey a malleable 'you', interchangeable with the self, with the friend, with the lover, with the listener, the future?"

Performer	Emily Wells
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Singer/Songwriter
Music release type	Release
Media format	LP
Original release date	2016
Edition	Standard
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Emily Wells - Promise [Vinyl]
Track listing	Los Angeles, You Dream of China, Don't Use Me Up, Pack of Nobodies, Take It Easy, Come to Me, Fallin' in on It, Antidote, Adagio, Richard, Light Is Drainin'
Record label	Lefse Records
Composer	Emily Wells
Songwriter	Emily Wells
Music producer	Emily Wells
Track name	Los Angeles, You Dream of China, Don't Use Me Up, Pack of Nobodies, Take It Easy, Come to Me, Fallin' in On It, Antidote, Adagio, Richard, Light Is Drainin'
Music media format	Vinyl Record
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N