Port St. Willow, originating in Portland, OR, is the mesmerizing ambient project of songwriter Nick Principe. Evolving solo, Principe has to this date released an EP and a full-length album – both recorded and self-produced in the artist’s hometown – revealing an impressive ability to articulate therapeutic escapades around an expert use of silence. Most striking on the ‘Holiday’ album’s opening track ‘Two Five Five Two’, this aesthetic is developed throughout the record, punctuated in times by subtle dissonances, those more accentuated, or the horns and crystal-clear vocals emerging suddenly from the calm, soothing depths of hypnosis. Now based in Brooklyn, debuting a three-piece line-up this week, Port St Willow will be playing The Deli’s CMJ Mostly Psych show, alongside Foxygen, Snowmine, Young Magic and more, on Friday October 19th at Pianos.
