Danzig In The Moonlight

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The Posies co-founder, R.E.M. collaborator and Big Star member An artist worthy of respect and a listen from any true fan of classic pop uniformly flawless (Pitchfork)

Stringfellow is one of the most underrated songwriters of our generation (Billboard)

Stringfellows clear, composed croon forgives all sins (Rolling Stone)

Lush pop perfection(Mojo)

Then theres his solo work a scant three albums over the last two decades (1997s This Sounds Like Goodbye, 2001s Touched, and 2004s Soft Commands), all garnering high praise in Pitchfork, Mojo, NME and other incontrovertible indie rock media. The albums mix Kens deeply expressed, emotional singing with delicate support: acoustic, electric, electronic, chamber Stringfellow is adept at many styles. His shows are legendary, pushing minimalism to its core definition, often performing without using the house PA, Kens voice soars, cries, leaps from barely audible to room-filling anguish, joy, sorrow and humor. Kens live show has been raved about in packed audiences from Lithuania to Lima, from Taipei to Tasmania, from Johannesburg to is set release his fourth album, Danzig in the Moonlight October 1st on Lojinx in Europe. The album was recorded at the legendary ICP Studios in Brussels, and mixed by up and coming production team TheLAB in Los Angeles. Ken also received contributions from musicians in Mumbai, Italy, Seattle and more; On the CD version of the album, Charity Rose Thielen of The Head & The Heart joins him on Doesnt It Remind You of Something sounding like something Lee Hazelwood might have co-written with Leonard Cohen. On the vinyl LP the song is instead sung with Margaret album has moments of fearsome electro-tinged menace, balanced with some of the most intensely intimate fragility youre likely to encounter on record. Like Stringfellows lifestyle it is multi-national, genre-defying, challenging and deeply musical.

Ken Stringfellow musician, songwriter, producer, arranger has been part of the indie landscape since the debut of his acclaimed band The Posies in 1988. Hailing from the musical hotbed of Seattle at the time when that music scene exploded into national prominence, The Posies went on to sign with Geffen Records and released brilliant, successful albums such as 1993s legendary Frosting on the Beater. The band is still active today, having released their seventh album, Blood/Candy in 2010an album heaped with critical praise in the UK pressThe Word magazine devoted two pages to a review which called it a finely calibrated dazzling tapestry just stupidly good.

In addition to his groundbreaking work with the Posies, Ken was part of rock legends Big Star, one of the most acclaimed and legendary groups of all time, from 1993 until the death of Alex Chilton in 2010. Ken played bass, sang and helped create the bands 2005 album In Space, their first since 1978s timeless Third/Sister Lovers. Hes still frequently called upon to perform, speak about, and celebrate the music of one of the cornerstones of indie rock.

Ken also spent ten years on the road and in studio with R.E.M., appearing on two albums (2001s Reveal and 2004s Around the Sun), and propelling the band on keyboards, bass, guitar and accordion during headlining slots at Glastonbury, Rock In Rio, Rock Am Ring, etc as well as on TV shows such as Top of the Pops, Saturday Night Live, Later With Jools Holland and countless others.

The list of collaborations goes on: guitarist in punk legends Lagwagon; producer/engineer on albums for Damien Jurado, the Long Winters, Chinas Hanggai, and dozens more; onstage and on-album appearances with Snow Patrol (keyboards on their landmark Eyes Open album), Neil Young, Patti Smith, Mudhoney, Death Cab For Cutieto list all his work over the years would add up to hundreds of albums and thousands of live appearances.