Since we last checked in with Brooklyn-based BTW Inlets, aka singer/multi-instrumentalist Sebastian Krueger, he backed Feist for her SNL “1234″ and played on My Brightest Diamond’s forthcoming A Thousand Shark’s Teeth (remember “Inside A Boy“?). Stepping out of those shadows, he’s in the midst of recording a new album. There’s no release date just yet, but we do have one fragile, classically inflected track, “Your Good Arm,” which features the venerable Francis Condon on trumpet and Krueger on just about everything else. Fronted and guided by Krueger’s falsetto, it’s fleshed out with piano, marching drums, escalating harmonies, and lyrical phrases both emotional (“now, don’t make that face at me”) and intellectual (“the critical architecture of this city…”). These layers build, and redouble, toward a flourishing outro. This is a pretty awesome song.
Kick it, Francis. Inlets play Union Hall 5/14. Stay informed at his MySpace.
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mmmmgood. Nice and warm. Hits the spot. Note to inlets: FINISH ALBUM ASAP
It’s got a really wonderful arc. Great great great!
I love it! The drums sound cool.
This guy is genius.
Nice work. Ignore the album ASAP guy. Take your time and make it as good as you can. Don’t rush a good thing. Patience is a virtue by which understanding fans must abide.
that falsetto makes me weep it’s so sweet.
that falsetto makes me weep it’s so sweet.
Sounding good, sounding good, really looking forward to that album!
yes! been waiting ages for some new material, vestibule is just brilliant.
the most beautiful music i’ve heard in a week . . . when i last listened to vestibule!
lots of people are talking these days about how maybe sebastian krueger really IS on the verge of bringing sexy back – i think that he is. beyond this, however, im pretty sure that he’s also bringing back obsessively well orchestrated music with vocals that deserve the backing and im so excited to hear this record. beauty beauty beauty
side note: i think he says, “mirror the architecture,” which is equally intellectual, perhaps even moreso.
the most beautiful music i’ve heard in a week . . . when i last listened to vestibule!
lots of people are talking these days about how maybe sebastian krueger really IS on the verge of bringing sexy back – i think that he is. beyond this, however, im pretty sure that he’s also bringing back obsessively well orchestrated music with vocals that deserve the backing and im so excited to hear this record. beauty beauty beauty
side note: i think he says, “mirror the architecture,” which is equally intellectual, perhaps even moreso.