Chamber Music by Esse Pi Enne

For fans of Duster, Daniel Johnston, Red House Painters, depressive singer-songwriter, and the horror of hearing an unexpected sound in an abandoned building, Chamber Music by Esse Pi Enne situates minimal compositions in an eerie liminal space, forming a touchingly personal atmosphere as we eavesdrop on this outsider creativity. A general sidelining of percussion and an insistence on suspended chords leaves these songs destabilized in rhythm and harmony, keeping us on edge despite the approachable and accessible tone of each instrument. Field recordings and an enormous, empty acoustic space give this album a feeling of occurring in an uncomfortable, unexpected location, as if we the listener have stumbled upon an experimental band rehearsal in an abandoned, cobwebbed storefront in the center of a city. This constant push and pull between intimacy and alienation gives this record an enchanting quality which only the greatest singer-songwriter projects possess, the feeling of being given the keys to the writer’s innermost emotional state and being left to wander undisturbed within.