It’s always interesting to see what great backing musicians and songwriters are able to do once they’ve decided to take the reins to their own project in hand, and start baking their own jams. 23 year old Yale composition graduate Ellis Ludwig-Leone couldn’t come better equipped for the adventure. Coming off work for Nico Muhly, through whom he has assisted on arrangements for musicians like Sufjan Stevens, his group San Fermin includes these symphonic influences and more.
Oh.. and he just happens to have enlisted the ladies from Lucius to help out, who if you don’t know yet, may have the strongest voices of anyone in Brooklyn. Leading new single ‘Sonsick,’ off the upcoming self-titled debut, enlists Jess and Holly to take the song through the roof. Make no mistake. This is some big stuff right here. While the song begins simply enough, once the hook comes in, you should be prepared to get carried away. San Fermin’s about as ambitious as I would hope for such a young songwriter, and I’m excited to see them when they play 92YTribeca next month on Jan 19th with Anais Kane. – Mike Levine (@Goldnuggets)
This song was added to our SoundCloud playlist of emerging NYC songwriters and roots music bands here.