Eleanor Murray
Singer-songwriter
Singer/songwriter Eleanor Murray (Olympia, WA)-- has
spent the past twelve years creating and recording music out of the Pacific
Northwest. Informed by folk tradition while adhering to no rules, Eleanor
Murray's music exists in a genre all its own. Her songs are often structurally
complicated, while also sparse and open, full of warmth and light. Her chord
progressions, rhythms and melodies draw as much from Appalachia as they do from
jazz. Her lyrics are as cryptic as they are simple and straightforward. Each
album's sonic landscape is completely its own.
Eleanor's music
catalog includes 12 releases, 8 of which under her own name, and the remaining
4 as collaborations. Since her debut album in 2008, Eleanor Murray has been
making music that refuses to repeat itself. Her music has spanned from sweet
folk ballads to raucous marches, while never feeling forced. It's the sound of
a sincere artist ever-evolving, never slowing down, always growing. Her
hundreds of live shows have established her as a prolific force in indie folk
music, while along the way gathering a dedicated fan base and sharing the stage
with artists such as Tune-yards, Mountain Man, and Kimya Dawson.
Her albums have
spanned a wide range of material and her collaborations extend this range even
further. Eleanor is the front-woman and music producer of the electro-pop and
dance project Cavegreen, along with lyricist Gianluca Bucci.
Eleanor is also the other half of AANTARCTICAA, a haunting
post-rock band with Ben Kamen, founder of Olympia
Noise Co. And last but not least, Eleanor explored more traditional
folk songwriting with fiddle player Pamela Margon, in their
acoustic project Tattered Dress.
Eleanor has just released a new solo
record, entitled Compass, that she
recorded and produced at her home in Olympia, WA. PRESS
"...one of our
best "unknown" musicians." - Tiny Mix Tapes
"One moment you
think you have Eleanor Murray figured out, but then she shows you that she's
not an easy catch. You cannot draw a square around her and call it good - she
is undefinable." - Fensepost
"Eleanor Murray
is impossibly good...To call her folky would be undercutting the beauty of what
she does." - SSG Music
"Ms. Murray is
bound for greatness; anyone who sees her play live is, pretty instantly, a
fan." - Letters With Mixtapes
- MySpace:
- http://myspace.com/eleanormurray
- website:
- http://eleanormurray.com/