Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg

Wendy Eisenberg’s career features very few straight lines. The Brooklyn-based musician has made a name for herself exploring a wide range of sound, from her work fronting Massachusetts noise-punk outfit Editrix to playing guitar as part of improv maestro Bill Orcutt’s Guitar Quartet. The breadth of her career makes the bracing clarity of Eisenberg’s self-titled album all the more surprising, as she takes cues from British folk and psych’s gentler corners—think the legendary and monastic singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan, or New Zealand-hailing contemporary Aldous Harding’s knotty confections—to create a song cycle that’s full-bodied and teeming with warmth at every melodically surprising corner. Alongside Eisenberg on these recordings is her partner Mari Rubio, who’s already made a name for themselves in the ambient-pop scene as more eaze. Those attuned to rock’s more wigged-out corners will also recognize Trevor Dunn, who’s previously played bass for experimental legends like Mr. Bungle and John Zorn.