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On Third Solo Album, Strangels, Lou Turner Plays it All

Leah Senior - PT. ROADKNIGHT

The style and instrumentation of ‘70s Brit folk are touchstones on Leah Senior’s forthcoming album, Pt. Roadknight, her fifth studio album jointly released by SPINSTER (US/UK) and Third Eye Stimuli (ROW).

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Wednesday Knudsen - ATRIUM

The collected compositions on Atrium are studies in the tones, timbres, and pacing particular to the woodland environment of the Taconic Mountains where she lives. Atrium's tracks are sculptural rather than ambient, with a release into the gorgeous hold of gravity that insists we don’t escape or drift away. This is music for remembering time.

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ELLA HANSHAW'S BLACK BOOK

When Ella Hanshaw (1934-2020) first picked up the guitar as a twelve-year-old girl in Procious, West Virginia, she dreamed of being a country star.

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amelia courthouse - broken things

"amelia courthouse has somehow mapped the vast American space between Protestant hymnody and plinky saloon music and John Cage's Sonatas & Interludes. Gorgeous, melancholic, almost unbearably evocative dirges for the American century.”-Brent Sirota

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West of Roan - QUEEN OF EYES

"Like an ancient prayer, the pair implore their chosen totem for healing, or at the very least, an audience to plead their case." - Raven Sings the Blues

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MEASURE, POUR & MIXTAPE: MUSIC FOR COOKING

If you made music the way you cook, what would it sound like? For this tape compilation, we invited artists to consider the connection between food and sound, music and cooking. Featuring BELLS, Avey Tare, Sally Anne Morgan, Lou Turner, Magic Tuber Stringband (pictured), and more.

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Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy - NAKSHATRA

“Nakshatra is an astonishing masterpiece of communication and tender love for music. Trina and Arun are both virtuosic violinists, who have synthesized Indian classical music, Western classical, folk, and jazz forms within their playing. This recording radiates pure goodness, an offering of true beauty to the universe.” - Shane Parish

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Doran - S/T

“A gorgeous and heart-warming album. Flawless vocal harmonies, guitar, fiddle, organ, and dulcimer intertwine together to form a dreamy familiar fabric that feels immediately comfortable. Hazy distant memories of being held and protected in the arms of a loved one as a child spring to mind, unbidden. A healing experience.” -Ian Lynch of Lankum

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Yasmin Williams - URBAN DRIFTWOOD

“When 24-year-old instrumentalist Yasmin Williams plays guitar, she conjures new possibilities and stories from the instrument.” -Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone

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Lou Turner - Strangels

Leah Senior - Pt. Roadknight

Wednesday Knudsen - Atrium

Ella Hanshaw - Ella Hanshaw's Black Book

amelia courthouse - broken things

West of Roan - Queen of Eyes

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Last week, @leahseniormusic released “Two Weeks,” the 3rd and final single off her record, Pt. Roadknight, which will be out Friday, June 19th!

Some advanced praise for the album:

“A diviner of folk forms, a voice in the dark, Se

Happy Bandcamp Friday & May Day!

Today’s a great day to pre-order Australian folk maven @leahseniormusic’s forthcoming record, Pt. Roadknight, the lead single of which has garnered early praise from @rageabc, @ravensingstheblues, @p

We’re very psyched to announce the June 19 joint release with @spinstersounds x @third_eye_stimuli of Australian folk diviner @leahseniormusic’s 5th studio album and first on a U.S. label, Pt. Roadknight!

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Vinyl copies of ATRIUM, @wednesdayknudsen’s double LP masterwork of drone, sonic texture, and deep time are now available at long last! 🎷💛🧡💜

Thanks for your patience as we worked out these pressing plant issues. Pick up your copy on Bandca

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SPINSTER is a radical feminist record label founded in 2018 ⁠and owned and operated by Michelle Dove & Emily Hilliard.

Grounded by our backgrounds in music, folklore, writing, and art, we support a diverse range of musicians who explore territory across the traditional, radical, and experimental.

SPINSTER and its releases have been featured by Aquarium Drunkard, The Guardian, The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, and others.

Our current and future releases include compilation tapes centered around common themes and creative prompts, unearthed archival gems, groundbreaking debut releases by emerging artists, and innovative returns from musical heroines⁠—all making unlikely connections across genres and forms.

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