more from
Constellation Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Never were the way she was

by Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo

supported by
Robert Day
Robert Day thumbnail
Robert Day Complexity washes over me. Favorite track: Never Were the Way She Was.
maciekmik
maciekmik thumbnail
maciekmik gets me in a trance like feeling. I really enjoy the soundscape and I feel lots of different emotions when listening to this beautiful duo! Favorite track: Never Were the Way She Was.
dead_editor
dead_editor thumbnail
dead_editor I love the unique rhythms and stylistic choices in the instrumentation. The songs have a diverse range of feeling; dark, dissonant, bright, ambient. Truly an experience to listen through the entire album and take a journey with the songwriters. Favorite track: The Rest of Us.
Mohan Thomas
Mohan Thomas thumbnail
Mohan Thomas Both Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld are each capable of filling a soundstage by themselves, with rich, complex, beautiful music. It's remarkable how good they sound together. Highly recommended.
neur0dancer
neur0dancer thumbnail
neur0dancer i had the luck to hear, see and feel Stetson live last April, and he really is the loudest saxplayer on Earth!
more...
/
  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    LP is pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl at Optimal (Germany) and comes in a heavyweight jacket with black poly-lined audiophile dust sleeve, credit insert, pull-out art poster and download code for 320 kbps MP3 copy of the album

    Subscribe to Constellation and get 25% off all LPs & CDs
    constellation.bandcamp.com/subscribe

    Save big on shipping when you order multiple albums from the Constellation label discography
    constellation.bandcamp.com/music

    Constellation LP shipping rates:
    USA: FREE SHIPPING
    Canada: $12 first item, $1 each additional
    International: $16 first item, $4 each additional

    Please be aware that VAT or other taxes/duties *may* be levied by your country on orders outside North America. This is random and out of our control.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Never were the way she was via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $24 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD comes in a custom gatefold jacket printed on thick 24pt. paperboard with a printed CD dust sleeve.

    Subscribe to Constellation and get 25% off all LPs & CDs
    constellation.bandcamp.com/subscribe

    Save big on shipping when you order multiple albums from the Constellation label discography
    constellation.bandcamp.com/music

    Constellation CD shipping rates:
    USA: FREE SHIPPING
    Canada: $2 first item, $0.50 each additional
    International: $8 first item, $1 each additional

    Please be aware that VAT or other taxes/duties *may* be levied by your country on orders outside North America. This is random and out of our control.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Never were the way she was via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $14 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Flight 01:38

about

Two of Constellation's acclaimed solo instrumental artists join forces on this tremendous new album of original compositions for horn and violin.

Colin Stetson has developed a unique and highly-acclaimed voice as a performer/composer, chiefly on bass and tenor saxophones, rallying an array of technical strengths and innovations to make some of the most captivatingly organic, darkly soulful and otherworldly solo instrumental work of recent years with his New History Warfare trilogy. The solo violin work of Sarah Neufeld has emerged more recently, and especially through 2011-2014, in the period between her primary band Arcade Fire's last two albums; she's forged a distinctive and evocative solo violin practice combining rock, folk, ambient and modernist sensibilities, culminating with her debut solo album Hero Brother in 2013.

'Never were the way she was' charts an expansive sonic trajectory with a multiplicity of structures and voicings that belies the fundamental economy of two acoustic instruments combining in real time. The resulting musical chronicle powerfully establishes its own spatial and temporal horizon; Stetson and Neufeld offer up an impressively immersive integration of composition, performance, timbre and texture. 'Never were the way she was' is a sum quite definitively and thrillingly greater than its parts.

credits

released April 28, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo Montreal, Québec

contact / help

Contact Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld Duo, you may also like: