Artist: San Fermin
Album: San Fermin
Released: 2013
Style: Indie Pop
Tracklist:
01 – Renaissance!
02 – Crueler Kind
03 – Lament for V.G.
04 – Casanova
05 – Sonsick
06 – Methuselah
07 – At Sea
08 – Torero
09 – At Night, True Love
10 – The Count
11 – Bar
12 – In Waiting
13 – True Love, Asleep
14 – Oh, Darling
15 – In the Morning
16 – Daedalus (What We Have)
17 – Altogether Changed
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Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres Baroque Pop
Years active 2011-present
Labels Downtown Records
Associated acts Lucius, Nico Muhly
Website http://www.sanferminband.com
Members Ellis Ludwig-Leone
Allen Tate
Charlene Kaye
Rebekah Durham
John Brandon
Stephen Chen
Tyler McDiarmid
Michael Hanf
Past members Rae Cassidy
San Fermin is an American baroque pop band started by Brooklyn-based composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone. They released their debut self-titled album on Downtown Records on September 17, 2013.
San Fermin took shape after Ludwig-Leone’s graduation from Yale University, where he studied composition. While still in college, he assisted composer Nico Muhly, known for his work with Antony and the Johnsons, Sufjan Stevens, and Grizzly Bear, on several film scores and operas. Despite being in several bands in high school and even some during college, Ludwig-Leone did not decide to focus on making pop music until the end of his college career: “I put on a concert with some new pieces I had written for female singers, and then we ended the night with some pop tunes from the band, for which I made these totally over-the-top arrangements. It was then I realized that I could bring these things together.”
After his graduation from Yale, Ludwig-Leone retreated to Canada’s secluded Banff Centre, where he wrote what would eventually become San Fermin. The album was recorded shortly after. It features performances by 22 musicians, including vocals from Ludwig-Leone’s longtime collaborator Allen Tate, as well as Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of Lucius. While Tate is a member of the touring ensemble, Wolfe and Laessig are not, with Rae Cassidy performing the female parts in the band’s live performances instead. Cassidy’s interpretations of the songs have been praised by numerous critics, including Paul Krugman of The New York Times. The New Yorker recognized the musicianship of the entire eight-piece live ensemble, noting their ability to “deliver epic and emotion-laden rock, with glorious and operatic vocals, electronic break beats, horns, strings, and other flourishes.”
Pitchfork also gave the album a positive review, declaring the album’s lead single “Sonsick” “deliriously infectious.” The album reached #18 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers album chart.
Rae Cassidy has left the band in April 2014 in order to focus on her solo projects. She has been replaced by Charlene Kaye.
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