Blog: The Needle Drop

Experimental California songwriter Chelsea Wolfe has a new album on the way that is being dubbed an "acoustic emanation." In advance of the album's release, Wolfe recorded a live version of one of the new tracks for Sargent House's Glassroom Sessions. The song is called "Flatlands," and it presents a previously unseen-or overlooked-piece of Wolfe's personality: her more tender side. "I want simplicity," she admits over a gently lilting classical guitar arpeggio. Simplicity is the name of the game on this track, which features remarkably spare instrumentation and showcases the gentle, melodic qualities of Wolfe's voice. The track builds [...]