Weird World are delighted to introduce Los Angeles‘ Singer Songwriter Alex Izenberg and his debut album proper, Harlequin, due for release on November 18th.
Harlequin is almost a study in distraction – a restless, feverish dream-sequence which variously invokes Scott Walker’s obtuse, off-kilter worlds of sound, Simon & Garfunkel’s psychedelic yet practical string arrangements, the vaudevillian pomp and preening of Wild Beasts’ early material and Grizzly Bear’s pastoral early steps. All this is cut through with moments of total silence, patches of noise, found sound and countless dynamic left-turns and moments of non-sequitur.
Or as he puts it “When writing I just ask myself, what does this song need from me? And then I give it what it needs.”
The album may be Izenberg’s debut proper but it also marks the culmination of over five years of highly prolific writing and recording under a variety of pseudonyms.
The first single to be taken from Harlequin is ‘To Move On’, along with its video directed by Nicky & Juliana Giraffe.
Alex Izenberg – To Move On (Official Video) taken from the album ‘Harlequin’ available 18 Nov 2016.
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