Angelo De Augustine

A gentle-voiced indie folk singer/songwriter in the vein of Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine's music possesses an emotional honesty and power that belie its quiet simplicity. De Augustine's performances are built around his acoustic guitar, his falsetto vocals, and soothing, subtly upbeat melodies, and his lyrics are introspective, exploring the human heart in love or disappointment. He earned acclaim for his 2014 self-released debut, Spirals of Silence, which he recorded to analog tape in his bathroom. Signing with Asthmatic Kitty Records in 2017, he found an international audience with his follow-up, Swim Inside the Moon, and the emotionally raw 2019 album Tomb. 2021's A Beginner's Mind was a collaboration with mentor Sufjan Stevens, inspired by their memories of famous movies. De Augustine's delicate folk-rock continued to evolve on 2023's surreal Toil and Trouble and 2026's Angel in Plainclothes, which followed his recovery from an undiagnosed illness.