Saxophones don't belong only in horn sections, and if it's Colin Stetson about to play, then you might as well knock all other instruments out of the room. Performing as a solo artist and as back-up for Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre and Bon Iver, this ominous saxophonist delivers fresh elements to brass that are hard to find anywhere else. He recently had a revealing session with Daytrotter, who captured some of the grit that comes from his bawling cornucopia. The site's version of "Judges" is available above and below, with the rest of the set – "A Dream of Water," "Awake on Foreign Shores" and "The Righteous Wrath of an Honorable Man" – here. Of course, you can also look forward to some eloquent writing from Sean Moeller, who brings new definitions to Stetson's music:
The scene's turned, suddenly, unnatural, but you're finally able to think and to hear yourself quietly weep in your new, lost state. It's this new, quiet place -- surrounded by the shattered particles of what used to be sacred, what used to be normal and whole -- that Montreal by-way-of-Ann Arbor's Colin Stetson brings us to. The in-demand saxophonist ... makes music that feels like it's been culled from the repressed memories of those who have seen planes go down, out in the middle of know where, heard and seen those explosions and then heard the nothingness that comes next.
Snaps.
(via Daytrotter)