Video: Guy Klucevsek: “Hope Dies Last”: Official Trailer.
New video trailer for the Guy Klucevsek album, “Hope Dies Last,” available now. With excerpts from 7 of the 19 tracks. Musicians include Jenny Lin, Todd Reynolds, and of course Guy himself.

Available now from Starkland: A new digital-only release of Guys music featuring pianist Jenny Lin, violinist Todd Reynolds, the Smudges (Jeff Gauthier, violin, Maggie Parkins, cello), and an avalanche of accordions played by Alan Bern, Bachtopus, Will Holshouser, Nathan Koci and Guy. Solos, duos, trios, and more.

These recordings feature such stellar musicians as pianist Jenny Lin and violinist Todd Reynolds. The music varies from the simple, deeply moving “Dear Werner” and the hauntingly spare melody of “How Slow the Whistle Sang” to the wildly raucous clanging of a toy piano in “A Little Madness in the Spring” and the powerful blasts, from multiple, full-throated accordions, in “String of Garlands”.

After retiring from performing in late 2018, Klucevsek wrote much of the music for this new album. 17 of the 19 tracks are heard here for the first time, including the premiere of his 6-movement suite for Laurie McCants’ multimedia piece Industrious Angels.

In this album, Klucevsek continues his tradition of writing “the world’s most abnormal ‘normal’ music” (Village Voice), wherein instantly appealing and seemingly simple pieces surreptitiously employ unusual and imaginative arrangements.

The video presents excerpts from:
• String of Garlands (start)
• Winter is an Etching
• Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse
• Hope Dies Last
• Slango
• Hornpipe
• The Landscape Listens (end)

For further information: gklucevsek@mac.com

Special thanks for video permissions to Roulette Intermedium and Guy Klucevsek.
Video by Tom Steenland (Full Moon West)
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