Shearling
Z Alexander Kent, Andrew Chanover, Elizabeth Carver, Sylvie Simmmons, Wesley Nelson
Experimental alternative band Shearling play an intense live set at Chess Club featuring material from their hour-long debut
Saturday, September 5th at Chess Club
SHEARLING
Serving as a spiritual continuation of the now-defunct Sprain, Shearling exhibits the reunion of a now decade-old collaborative force between guitarists Alexander Kent and Sylvie Simmmons. A subsequent recruiting of percussionist Andrew Chanover, bassist Wesley Nelson, and keyboardist Elizabeth Carver filled out their orchestrally-minded roster. The band was mostly quiet for its first year of existence, avoiding live performances to instead focus on their brazen debut ‘Motherfucker, I am Both: “Amen” and "Hallelujah"…’. The record retains Sprain’s characteristic commitment to intensity, further mutated through a newfound lens of collagist approach. Featuring only a single, hour-plus long song, Motherfucker is a demanding exhibition of uncompromising ethos. Shearling’s aggressive live performances and meticulous recordings demonstrate an ambition, audacity, and emotional vulnerability that few contemporary bands can parallel.
"Shearling present a work that could grow to be one of the great cult albums of alternative music." - Beats Per Minute
"Calling Motherfucker both a wildly bold and ambitious debut would still be an understatement" - New Noise Magazine
