Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LP-THRILL-601IE

Colour

Blue

Colour details

Translucent Blue

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2024-01-26

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

790377060119

Total Cap

Blue LP

CD-THRILL-601

Extended format: No

790377060126

Artist

Elena Setien

Genre US

Rock

Label US

Thrill Jockey

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist&nbsp;Elena Setién&nbsp;uses her multi octave vocal range and delicate arrangements to create a universe where dream worlds converge with reality. Setién’s masterfully allegorical songs are both emotionally immediate and provoking. A musician’s musician, Setién has drawn collaborators from far and wide, from her improvisational duo&nbsp;Little Red Suitcase&nbsp;to more recent collaborations with&nbsp;Steve Gunn, Mary Lattimore,&nbsp;and fellow Basque musicians&nbsp;Xabier Erkizia&nbsp;and&nbsp;Grande Days. For&nbsp;Moonlit Reveries, a hallucinatory promenade of mood and rhythm, Setién is joined by renowned drummer/percussionist&nbsp;Glenn Kotche&nbsp;of&nbsp;Wilco.
At the core of&nbsp;Moonlit Reveries&nbsp;is the inspiration that&nbsp;Setién&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kotche&nbsp;found in one another. The two met while&nbsp;Kotche&nbsp;was touring Spain with&nbsp;Wilco, Kotche having been a fan of Setién’s 2022 album&nbsp;Unfamiliar Minds. Immediately the two started discussing collaboration which Setién began by using a series of unique drum patterns from Kotche’s “A Beat A Week” series as the basis for tracks like “Surfacing” and “Asking”. Kotche then sent in fresh drum takes for select pieces that embellished the frameworks set by Setién. The songs of&nbsp;Moonlit Reveries&nbsp;also make use of more guitar than Setién previously had ever explored, which Setién traces back to&nbsp;Steve Gunn&nbsp;introducing her to the music of&nbsp;Bridget St. John.&nbsp;“What fascinated me right from the beginning, was the calmness in her voice and her low register. Her music inspired me to ..write songs with a guitar: there’s more space for the voice and the sound qualities of both voice and guitar kind of melt into each other.”
Moonlit Reveries&nbsp;is an embrace of wonder, an ode to the alluring beauty, and glow of dream states. For&nbsp;Setién, dreams are to be appreciated. The compositions are speckled with otherworldly embellishments, from ghostly harpsichords to cavernous echoes to reverberating kalimba. Title track “Moonlit Reveries” revels in a playful mystique, Setién’s words carried by the wind across the night’s sky. Mothers” captures the hopeful embrace of parenthood, letting go- and that cycle of life, was written in the wake of&nbsp;Low’s Mimi Parker’s&nbsp;premature death. A mother and artist herself, Setién was deeply saddened by the loss while drawing strength from what&nbsp;Parker&nbsp;accomplished in her short time.
The winner of several&nbsp;Basque music awards,&nbsp;Elena Setién’s&nbsp;beautiful voice, creative arrangements, and both improvisational and compositional experience make for sophisticated songs with singular textural approaches. Her otherworldly sounds are perfectly complimented by&nbsp;Kotche’s&nbsp;light and agile syncopations throughout.

Moonlit Reveries

Music US

Discover Moonlit Reveries by Elena Setien. A universe where dream worlds converge with reality. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Elena Setién, creates emotionally immediate and provoking songs. Joined by renowned drummer Glenn Kotche of Wilco. Label: Thrill Jockey.