Wes Willenbring Bio
Wes Willenbring was forced into taking piano lessons at the age of seven, and after years of arduous practice he eventually tuned to the guitar so he could learn the chord progression to ‘Lay Lady Lay’. An obsession with recording techniques and aesthetics then led to a disturbingly large collection of equipment and microphones. After years of writing and recording music both solo and in a variety of collaborations he has now set up home and studio in San Francisco.
His first album for Hidden Shoal Recordings, Somewhere Someone Else, is a work of muted radiance. Sounds of piano and guitar wash in and out of recognition, providing a kind of dislocated comfort. The album slowly breathes in and out with an un-deniable melancholic warmth, like a sad dream you don’t want to wake from. Traversing some of the post ambient territories of peers such as Windy and Carl, The Dead Texan and Labradford, “Somewhere Someone Else” manages to carve its own unique sonic and emotional landscape.
