Wilsen, with an “e,” (a combination of Wilson’s family names, but a band moniker she regrets) specializes in building emotion, using Wilson’s wandering, hypnotic soprano and restrained but intricate layers of guitar, bass and drums. Their hybrid folk melds the dynamic shifts of classical music with modern reverb and vivid lyrics that appeal to the senses as much as they tell stories. It’s a dark-wave-like, deep melancholy, built mostly from acoustic instruments, with a ghost-like effect matching the name of their album, “Sirens.”
See Wilsen play Bowery Ballroom on November 23. Wilsen was on the cover of The Deli NYC’s Fall 2013 issue. Listen to her cover of Grime’s "Oblivion" belos. Read Bianca Seidman’s cover feature on Wilsen here.