Kristin Mueller 'Deserts & Long Trails'

KRISTIN MUELLER'S 'DESERTS & LONG TRAILS' OUT THIS WEEK ON EASTERN SPURS RECORDS

NYC INDIE ARTIST PLAYS EAST VILLAGE RADIO MARCH 2 & JALOPY MARCH 6

Kristin Mueller – the NYC drummer turned indie folk/indie rock/indie pop artist – is already receiving acclaim for the incredible 'Deserts & Long Trails' album, out this week on Eastern Spurs Records. She plays East Village Radio on Sunday, previewing her album release show March 6 at Jalopy. Reminiscent of Calexico, Aimee Mann, Beck's more pensive work, Mirah, and Smog, 'Deserts & Long Trails' was recorded with members of the Yellowbirds, Mercury Rev, and the bands of Beth Orton, The Lone Bellow, Trixie Whitley, and Jim O'Rourke.

American Songwriter is streaming the whole thing exclusively this week.

Bullet Media posted a photo diary of Mueller's European tour with C. Gibbs, premiering the track "Heaven Knows."

"Bold and expansive."
- Lizzie Plaugic, CMJ.com, February 20

"Powerful."
- Katie Chow, BlackBook, February 6

"Riveting."
- Eric Danton, Listen Dammit, February 20

KRISTIN MUELLER TO PLAY ALBUM RELEASE SHOW AT JALOPY MARCH 6

SOPHOMORE ALBUM 'DESERTS & LONG TRAILS' (FEB 25 / EASTERN SPURS RECORDS), MADE WITH MEMBERS OF THE YELLOWBIRDS & MERCURY REV

An eye-opening talent, Kristin Mueller will play an album release show March 6 at Jalopy for her new indie folk/indie rock album 'Deserts & Long Trails,' made in NYC with members of the Yellowbirds, Mercury Rev, and the bands of Beth Orton, The Lone Bellow, Trixie Whitley, and Jim O'Rourke. The album will be released February 25 on Eastern Spurs Records.

Black Book has premiered the first track, the scorching "What Are You Waiting For," calling it "a sunny slice of guitar pop that is more powerful than it initially lets on."

C. Gibbs will open the show. Billboard has said of him, "Rarely you hear songs that are this deep, this profound." Mueller opened a European tour for Gibbs in fall of 2013 and is drummer in his band Lucinda Black Bear.

WHO: Headliner Kristin Mueller w/ opener C. Gibbs
WHAT: Album release show for 'Deserts & Long Trails'
WHERE: Jalopy, 315 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY
WHEN: March 6, 2014, time TBA
TICKETS: TBA

NYC DRUMMER KRISTIN MUELLER STEPS OUT FROM BEHIND THE KIT FOR STRIKING ALBUM 'DESERTS & LONG TRAILS,' OUT FEB 25

"Mueller's fabulous songs vibe Calexico - with a beautiful voice she invokes intimacy and elegance."- Village Voice

"There is real promise here. The songs take their sweet old time to unfurl under Mueller's steady vocals." - Time Out NY

Drawing comparisons to Beck's 'Sea Change,' Feist, Mirah, Cat Power, and Smog, NYC first call player Kristin Mueller has stepped out from behind the drum kit for her new album 'Deserts & Long Trails,' out February 25. Recorded in NYC, it features Mueller on drums, guitar (played "upside down"), bass, keys, and banjo alongside new and long-time collaborators Karen Waltuch (Viola: Jim O'Rourke, Beth Orton, Wilco), Brian Kantor (Drums: Nina Pierson, the Yellowbirds), Jay Foote (Bass: Lone Bellow, Trixie Whitely), Jay Russo (Guitar: Hopewell, Mercury Rev), and others.

Together with producer Damon Whittemore, Mueller crafted an intricate and beautifully layered collection of spectral songs that is both sensuous and nostalgic, sorrowful and loudly playful, resulting in a diverse, cinematic and meandering journey of dynamic uncovering. The album hinges on Mueller's exploration of the quiet intimate weight of time and its ever passing. It is inspired by this inescapable permanence and by the alternate influences of the many characters and collaborators Mueller has known.

As a drummer, she has toured nationally and internationally, playing with such artists as Lucinda Black Bear, Jeffrey Lewis, and Cynthia Hopkins among many others.

Mueller's song "Finding a Woman" from her first album 'Ports of Call' was featured in the Sundance award-winning film "What Alice Found."

Mueller will perform March 6 at Jalopy in Brooklyn, NY.

Kristin Mueller bio

"Mueller's fabulous songs vibe Cowboy Junkies and Calexico - with a beautiful voice she invokes intimacy and elegance. Dig that banjo."- VillageVoice

"There is real promise here. The songs take their sweet old time to unfurl under Mueller's steady vocals." - Time Out NY

"Mueller is a linguist on the kit. Creative, emotive and skillful - NYC staple." Tom Tom Magazine

Kristin Mueller is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter based in the Brooklyn/NYC area who plays her guitar upside down. Known for her stylistic drumming, she has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia as well as the Middle East, supporting bands and artists such as Lucinda Black Bear, Jeffrey Lewis, the Caulfield Sisters, Fulton Lights, Cynthia Hopkins, Christy & Emily, Mary McBride and Michael Hearst among many others. Her newest solo album Deserts and Long Trails marks the second record composed by Mueller featuring new and long time collaborations with Karen Waltuch (Viola: Jim O'Rourke, Beth Orten, Wilco), Brian Kantor (Drums: Nina Pierson, the Yellowbirds) Jay Foote (Bass: Lone Bellow, Trixie Whitely) Jay Russo (Guitar: Hopewell, Mercury Rev) and many more.  Together with Mueller's producer Damon Whittemore they crafted an intricate and beautifully layered collection of spectral songs that are both sensuous and nostalgic, sorrowful and loudly playful - resulting in a diverse, cinematic and meandering journey of dynamic unconvering. The albums hinges on Mueller's exploration of the quiet intimate weight of time and it's ever passing - it is inspired by this inescapable permanence and by the alternate influences of the many characters and collaborators Mueller has known.

Mueller's song "Finding a woman" from Ports of Call (2006)  was featured in the Sundance award winning film, 'What Alice Found'.

 

Previous credits:

Year          Album                        Artist                              Credit

2014        Deserts & Long Trails Kristin Mueller                writer/composer/guitar/bass/keys/drums/banjo

2013        Holte                           Patricia Thornley            drummer

2012        Tic-Tac-Toe                 Christy and Emily           drummer

2011        Hurricane                    Anton Sword                   drummer

2010        Knives                         Lucinda Black Bear        drummer

2009        Success of Failure      Cynthia Hopkins             drummer

2009        City of Oblivion           Anton Sword                   drummer

2008        Must Don't Whip Um   Cynthia Hopkins             drummer

2007        Divine Candy              Caulfield Sisters              drummer

2007        Capo My Heart            Lucinda Black Bear        drummer

2006        Ports of Call single      Kristin Mueller                writer/composer/guitar/banjo/drums

2005        Accidental Nostalgia   Cynthia Hopkins             drummer

2004        Say it with Fire            Caulfield Sisters             drummer

2003        French Hotel               Hidden Driveways           drummer

Kristin Mueller photos

 Credit: Noushama Salimi

 Credit: Scott Tsai

Credit: Manuel Wagner

Album cover art (two covers)