Port St. Willow is the solo work of Brooklyn singer-songwriter Nick Principe. Even though Principe heads the band himself, Port St. Willow’s music takes on grandiosity much fuller than the lone musician. The band’s recent full- length debut “Holiday,” recorded in Portland, Oregon, where Principe was previously based, plays more like one long dream, with ambient vocal whispers and ethereal melodies bleeding into each other like one long song. Tracks like “Amawalk” and Five Give Two Five” stand out with sounds of echoes in a howling wind, both chilling and soporific. Port St. Willow is performing around New York this summer, with an upcoming show at Spike Hill in Brooklyn on June 14. – Devon Antonetti
