WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE - Pianist, Composer And Improviser Macie Stewart's New Album

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Artist:
Macie Stewart

Genre:
Avant-Garde
Pop/Rock

Total Time:
37:57

Record Label:
International Anthem Recording Co.

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Vinyl, Apple Music

Release Date
March 21, 2025




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Product Description: When the Distance is Blue is Macie Stewart’s International Anthem debut. The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser describes the collection as “a love letter to the moments we spend in-between”—a letter realized via an intentional return to piano, her first instrument and the origin of her creative expression. Here Stewart creates a striking and cinematic work through collages of prepared piano, field recordings, and string quartet compositions, one that gives shape to a transient universe all its own while tracing the line of her musical past, full circle. Long-heralded in musician circles for her versatility, Stewart stands as a distinguished, go-to collaborator across genre and style, with a collaborative CV that reads like a dream year-end list—performing strings for Makaya McCraven or Japanese Breakfast; singing harmonies with Tweedy; arranging for Alabaster DePlume, Resavoir, Mannequin Pussy, or SZA; co-leading the jagged art-rock experimentation of Finom, her duo with songwriter Sima Cunningham. This varied-yet-distinct sound has led to a name recognition that goes beyond the devoted liner note enthusiast. When the Distance is Blue finds her gathering those threads and focusing those sensibilities into a contemplative 8-piece song cycle with help from noted collaborators Lia Kohl, Whitney Johnson (Matchesse), and Zach Moore. The result is an album with a musical lexicon which lands somewhere between Alvin Curran’s Songs and Views from the Magnetic Garden and Claire Rousay’s A Softer Focus.

TRACK LIST:

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I Forget How To Remember My Dreams Macie Stewart feat. Lia Kohl (06:07)

2 . Tsukiji (00:46)

3 . Murmuration/Memorization (07:13)

4 . Spring Becomes You, Spring Becomes New (06:43)

5 . Stairwell (Before and After) (06:52)

6 . What Fills You Up Won’t Leave an Empty Cup (03:38)

7 . In Between (01:19)

8 .Disintegration (05:25)

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