Western Skies Motel - Settlers (Album Out Today)
Available on Vinyl / CD / Digital here:
Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/wsmbandcamp
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/settlerspotify
Itunes: http://smarturl.it/settlersitunes
Darla: http://smarturl.it/settlersdarla
Norman Records: http://smarturl.it/settlersnorman
Experimedia: http://smarturl.it/settlersexp
Stashed Goods: http://smarturl.it/settlersstashed
PRESS:
"The Danish musician’s experimental folk instrumentals blend cyclical guitar and droning harmonium into hypnotic reimaginings of Americana style graced by the life experience of a post-rock fan who cut his teeth in punk bands" - TINY MIX TAPES
"The music penetrates each living cell and every atom, evading all analysis and tests...it feels so very raw and special" - HEADPHONE COMMUTE
9/10 STARS "I’m not sure if Schelbeck has seen No Country For Old Men, but I’m pretty sure if you hooked this album up and let it play underneath, it’d sync up Floyd/ Wizard of Oz style." - DROWNED IN SOUND
"Americana, British folk, European modern classical, ambient drone, and even echoes of post-rock and noise simmering beneath the surface. All of this is framed in a weathered, minimalist sensibility that makes Settlers satisfying much in the same way as a Hemingway or Steinbeck novel – not a word, or in this case a note, wasted." - STATIONARY TRAVELS
"The music itself feels old, worn and somehow creased, the skin around its eyes wrinkled with the passage of the years...Don’t confuse old age for weakness, though, because the music speaks with a wise, experienced voice." - FLUID RADIO
"The soft floating guitar feels perfectly at home with the turn of the century imagery used alongside. The music feels classic and timeless. This is definitely a record I’ll be tossing on after a shit day at the office, could sooth any weary soul." - SLY VINYL
"There's an elegance and refinement to Schelbeck's playing that aligns him naturally to the British folk tradition...and yet, despite that, Settlers exudes an undeniably American aura" - TEXTURA
"A remarkable, sparse and hypnotic experience. Truly a beautiful work" - CYCLIC DEFROST
9/10 STARS - "Western Skies Motel is Danish guitar maestro René González Schelbeck who has managed to concoct one of those albums which from the very opening notes engulfs you band takes you to a place more peaceful than where you reside." - NORMAN RECORDS
"It’s the sound of the hard-fought quiet night, the song on the front stoop, the roast in the oven and the pie on the sill... The message seems to be: life is hard, but we’ll get through it." - A CLOSER LISTEN
"Album of the Week" - MUSIC WON'T SAVE YOU
