Neu Wilsen

Defined by one, show-stopping vocal, Wilsen’s music is taking gradual steps into the hearts of many.

Words: Tom Johnson
5th March 2013

Name

: Wilsen
Based: Brooklyn, NYC
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/wilsenmusic
Similar To: Daughter, Explosions In The Sky

Wilsen’s greatest attribute is clearly, and distinctively, the voice of frontwoman Tamsin Wilson. However, that says far more about her caressive, alluring vocal than the rest of the band’s make-up, which is a wonderfully complex entity in itself.

‘Anahita’ is being billed as the group’s debut single, and while that’s true in the routine, technical sense of Wilsen releasing through a label for the first time, they actually recorded and self-released a mini album, ‘Sirens’, early last year. It’s easy to see why that record has led them to greater things. ‘Anahita’ - which featured on ‘Sirens’ - is an elaborate and intricate track that grows from a fragile four-minutes of plaintive vocals and sparse instrumentation, into the kind of heart-racing build that would send Explosions In The Sky back to the drawing board.