[photo by wagz2it – courtesy of aheartisaspade blog]
Port St. Willow is Nick Principe’s solo project and this past year he returned to the East coast from Portland after having grown up in the New York area. He is a childhood friend and early collaborator with Peter Silbermann from The Antlers, and while there are similarities in the music of the two bands, there are also very divergent styles between the two old friends. Last Monday at Glasslands, Port St. Willow opened the secret Glasslands show. Their set was relatively short and consisted of six of the eleven songs from the May 2012 self-release Holiday. The album is a remarkable collection of atmospheric mood pieces, but live with the addition of a drummer the songs take on an immediate feel. At Glasslands, the duo took time to develop each song with a gentle lead-in evolving ultimately into a full-on symphonic crescendo. Port St. Willow is poised to move to the next level — it would hardly be surprising if an established indie label picked up Holiday for wider release. And given the talent for songcraft and live performance, we expect that this band will be a regular on NYCTaper for years to come.
I recorded this show in the same manner as the Antlers set, and the sound quality is outstanding. Enjoy!
Stream “Five Five Two Five”:
[audio:http://www.nyctaper.com/P3007PortStWillow1202/04.%20Five%20Five%20Two%20Five.mp3]
Direct download of complete show in MP3 files (HERE)
Direct download of complete show in FLAC files [HERE].
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Port St. Willow
2012-07-30
Glasslands Gallery
Brooklyn, NY USA
Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix
Soundboard + Studio Projects LSD2 (XY Cardioid) > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, set fades, downsample) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > TLH > flac (320 MP3 and Tagging via Foobar)
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2012-08-05
Setlist:
[Total Time 36:24]
01 Amawalk
02 On Your Side
03 Corners
04 Five Five Two Five
05 Tourist
06 North
If you download these recordings from NYCTaper we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Port St. Willow, and visit the Bandcamp page to purchase Holiday [HERE].
I saw Port St. Willow with the Antlers in Hudson NY last Friday 9-21-12. They were excellent. I bought Holiday. But I can’t find the names of the accompanying singer and the drummer who appeared with Mr. Principe in Hudson. Can you help? Thanks, Jerl