Emily Wells performs in The Greene Space

Emily Wells Smolders and Scorches, Sends Her 'Regards To The End'

Soundcheck | Feb 24, 2022

Polymathic composer, producer, and video artist Emily Wells plays new works off her latest album Regards to the End. On it she explores the AIDS crisis, climate change, and her lived experience—as a queer musician from a long line of preachers, watching the world burn—in immaculately layered yet spare songs that impel the listener to be attuned, acting like a magnet on our attention. Wells, a multi-instrumentalist who comes from a classical background in violin, builds the songs by sampling her own vocals, synths, drums, piano, string instruments (violin, cello, bass), and wind instruments (clarinet, flute, French horn).

Set list: "I'm Numbers," "Come On Kiki," "David's Got a Problem," "Two Dogs Tethered Inside"

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