Sarah Neufeld Releases Title Track of New Album 'Detritus' Out Tomorrow, May 14 via Paper Bag Records

SARAH NEUFELD RELEASES FINAL SINGLE + TITLE-TRACK "DETRITUS" TODAY TAKEN FROM HER IMMERSIVE NEW ALBUM DETRITUS, OUT TOMORROW, MAY 14, 2021 VIA PAPER BAG RECORDS

"Detritus" - Single Art - Sarah Neufeld Detritus, is the third solo album by Juno Award winning Sarah Neufeld, a violinist, composer, long-time member of Arcade Fire and founding member of Bell Orchestre. Today, Sarah releases the final single, and the title-track "Detritus.” Sarah stated “Detritus, the title track to my new album which comes out this week, represents a sense of rest, of continuity through the cycle between darkness and light, and ultimately, recovery." The single coincides with the album's official release tomorrow, Friday May 14, 2021. The album has been internationally celebrated already with praise from Uncut, The Guardian, CBC, Post Media, Pitchfork, Under the Radar and so many more.     Detritus offers a patient, gorgeous evolution of Neufeld's sound: a soft and open-hearted musical landscape, where the sound is abiding and reflective. Neufeld, who trained in various dance modalities throughout her youth - brings her customary kineticism to these pastorals, like the song of shapes in motion. Yet the movements are different than they have ever been: inward-turning and outward-facing, deliberate and generous, acknowledging the world with a love that will not flinch.    It all originated with a collaboration: in 2015, Neufeld was invited to appear on stage with the legendary dancer/choreographer Peggy Baker. Baker had prepared a solo piece based on work from Neufeld's second album, The Ridge, to which Neufeld added an original lyrical prelude. The live result was an incendiary duet, almost a sort of faceoff, which left each artist unsatiated. They agreed to reunite for a more extended collaboration - a full-length show with Baker's company, where Neufeld would write to (and perform music alongside) Baker's choreography. It was from here, Detritus would be formed.   Neufeld worked throughout the album process with her Arcade Fire bandmate Jeremy Gara, whose drums, synths and ambient electronics co-anchored the Peggy Baker shows and helped shape the reimagined album versions. She would go on to add her signature foot pedal bass synth and ethereal vocalizations, bringing in Bell Orchestre compatriot Pietro Amato's sonorous French Horn swells, and woodwind wizard Stuart Bogie as a one man flute ensemble, layering clusters of chords atop Neufeld's luminous compositions.   GET DETRITUS HERE

Sarah Neufeld photo credit to, Jason Lewis PRAISE FOR DETRITUS “Neufeld’s focused, restless recordings invite the listener to share in the intensity of her ritual as a performer, creating a necessary and refreshing air of intimacy.” – Pitchfork   “Continuously strikes a fine balance between the heady grandeur of classical music and the restless creative exploration of the current indie scene.” – The Line Of Best Fit “The substance of 'Stories' enters your ears on a breeze, with Neufeld's violin and gossamer wordless vocals floating on rising currents of luminous synthesizer.” – CBCMusic “It's akin to discerning the traces of mutant disco present even in the most serene music of Arthur Russell, a clear touchstone for the richly layered pieces that Neufeld crafts with the help of friends from, Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre.” – Uncut “It’s her most organic, atmospheric and downright pretty song cycle yet. For a musician who has always approached her instrument with, well, edge, and a flair for the frenetic, it feels like a transformation.” – Montreal Gazette/Post Media “There are no limitations in ‘Detritus’. Sarah Neufeld proves that modern violin music is flexible and fully capable of introspection and aggravation alike.” – 4/5 DORK “Her slow-motion violin lines, foot-pedal drones and FX-laden vocals are here complimented by the ambient synths of her fellow Arcade Fire bandmate Jeremy Gara, but the best moments here see her raising the tempo and the complexity with the fiddly minimalism of tracks such as 'The Top'.” – The Guardian “Detritus is an album that is powerful and intense. There is a constant sense of drama created by its fragile, waiflike aura and Neufeld’s deft deployment of chiaroscuro is integral to the storytelling. There are few artists so adept at painting such lissom motifs onto their musical canvas.” – Louder Than War “Detritus presents the evolution of composer/violinist Sarah Neufeld in many ways. Compositionally, you can sense this via the album’s ebb and flow from sustained, emotive bowing and synth-immersive drones ('Stories'), towards lively, mercurial string arpeggios ('The Top'), towards the rumble of drum-accompanied expulsions of sound ('Tumble Down the Undecided').” – Northern Transmissions “mood music of really rather incredible evocation” and “An immensely thoughtful musical study that takes the violin to other places” – 8.6 Backseat Mafia "Detritus brings together looped violin, otherworldly vocals, dreamlike soundscapes and beyond” – Vinyl Factory "self-defining as well as intensely emotional soaring to heights” – Magazine Sixty

DETRITUS - Track List 1. Stories 2. Unreflected 3. With Love And Blindness 4. The Top 5. Tumble Down The Undecided 6. Shed Your Dear Heart 7. Detritus high-res album art here

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