Wes Willenbring learned piano at an early age and eventually turned to the guitar as his primary instrument. An interest in recording techniques and the aesthetics of sound soon led to a disturbingly large collection of recording equipment and endless nights of experimentation. After years of writing and recording music both solo and collaboratively in Chicago he now calls San Francisco his home.

His three albums for Hidden Shoal Recordings, Somewhere Someone Else (March 2007), Close, But Not Too Close (October 2009) and Weapons Reference Manual (April 2012) are works of muted radiance. Sounds of piano and guitar wash in and out of recognition, providing a kind of dislocated comfort. The albums slowly breathe in and out with an undeniable melancholic warmth, like a sad dream you don’t want to wake from.
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