Wendy Eisenberg surprise drops companion work to self-titled album, Wweennddyy Eeiisseennbbeerrgg

was first released back in April, featuring a collection of folk-oriented songs that they now expand on with . The new release offers "Mmeeaanniinngg Bbuussiinneessss” and “Tthhee Wwaallllss", live renditions of the original songs released on the album and recorded with bassist Trevor Dunn, violinist Mari Rubio (More Eaze), and drummer Ryan Sawyer.

Together, the two tracks combined run at forty-six minutes, with both pieces emerging from songs that explore memory and personal transformation. Discussing the inspiration behind the extended versions, Eisenberg explains: "I want to write songs that feel infinite. I want to write songs that transcend their production, that can weather the changes. It’s probably a holdover from my jazz training, the desire to hear my material in different contexts. A standard sounds different passed through time and hands."

"This band, Ryan, Mari and Trevor, can do anything- between them their practices span jazz, metal, country, ambient music, minimalism, and hyperpop, at least," they continue. "Why not literally stretch them, and my songs, out? I want to feel when a slowed-down song becomes ambient music, becomes jazz, becomes something else. Experimental music; an experiment. Hopefully not chopped, but definitely a little screwed."

"Subjecting these two songs, songs that are explicitly about memory, to a compositional process explicitly about length, lets me perceive the time in each song differently," they add. "In these versions, the form is maintained but sections elide, become solos, become worlds. Returning to the chorus feels different after fifteen minutes than it does after a minute and a half. Maybe it’s a Cagean imposition, making a pop song stay interesting after 20 minutes. I can justify it however, forever. I just want to hear the band play on."

Wendy Eisenberg EP

"Mmeeaanniinngg Bbuussiinneessss”
"Tthhee Wwaallllss"

Original source Wendy Eisenberg surprise drops companion work to self-titled album, Wweennddyy Eeiisseennbbeerrgg

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