The Westerlies - Fireside Brass: A Westerlies Holiday (November 2021)

Fireside Brass is a collection of our favorite holiday music: cherished songs from our childhoods, recent musical discoveries, and old standbys from the annual holiday house concerts we’d host in the living room of our Harlem apartment in our earliest days as a band. Some of the pieces we left relatively unadorned, while others were abstracted and personalized with a unique Westerlies touch. All of the music here was captured with a meticulous attention to detail and a spirit of spontaneity and improvisation. We hope this album brings you a sense of warmth, intimacy, and joy from our fireside to yours.

1. Angels We Have Heard on High

2. Christmas Time Is Here

3. Deck the Hall

4. O Holy Night

5. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

6. Carol of the Bells

7. Still, Still, Still

8. Some Children See Him

9. Ma’oz Tzur

10. It’s Love, It’s Christmas

11. Oh Tannenbaum

12. A Merrier Christmas

13. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Procession

14. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: Wolcum Yole!

15. A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: There is no rose

The Westerlies:

Riley Mulherkar - Trumpet

Chloe Rowlands - Trumpet

Andy Clausen - Trombone

Willem de Koch - Trombone

All arrangements by The Westerlies

Recorded June 14-18, 2021 at Atterbury House, New York, NY

Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Andy Clausen

Additional Engineering by Willem de Koch

Cover Design & Layout by Jack Dunnington

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The Westerlies - Songbook Vol. 1 (September 2021)

Songbook Vol. 1 presents The Westerlies in their most intimate format to date. Following their widely acclaimed original chamber music recordings and high-profile collaborations with Fleet Foxes, Big Red Machine, Conrad Tao, and Theo Bleckmann, The Westerlies return to their folk roots for a set of acoustic covers of some of their favorite songs. Listeners are invited into The Westerlies’ living room to bask in the warmth and immediacy of the group’s interpretations of John Prine, Adrianne Lenker, Randy Newman, Aphex Twin, Ólafur Arnalds, and Jason Moran. Stripped down to their essence, the brilliance and feeling of these timeless songs are heard in a revelatory new light.

1. Way Back Then 03:38

2. Get Away Jordan 02:38

3. Saman 02:26

4. Arizona Landscape 04:07

5. Avril 14th 02:02

6. Blue and Red Horses 03:42

7. When She Loved Me 01:21

Riley Mulherkar - Trumpet

Chloe Rowlands - Trumpet

Andy Clausen - Trombone

Willem de Koch - Trombone

Recorded May 5-7, 2021 at

The International House of Long Tones

Brooklyn, NY

Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Andy Clausen

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Andy Clausen - Austerity Measures (April 2021)

“Austerity Measures” features a vibraphone soloist flanked by two identical quartets of trumpet, trombone, cello/bass, and electric guitar. Each quartet is bound to a specific pitch-class set representing their distinct point of view. A violent debate ensues as both groups become increasingly polarized, stubborn, and insistent in their starkly contrasting points of view.

The vibraphone soloist acts as somewhat of a moderator in the debate, provoking a passionate discourse in search of some common ground. However, no such compromise is reached, as our moderator is plagued by his own inner debate and the discourse dissolves into chaos. “Austerity Measures” combines two existing ensembles versed in a variety of written and improvised musical traditions, The Westerlies and Andy Clausen’s SHUTTER Project.

1. Austerity Measures 14:29

Brian Shank - Vibraphone

Gregg Belisle-Chi - Guitar (A&B)

Mitch Lyon - Cello

Dan Chmielinski - Double Bass

The Westerlies:

Riley Mulherkar - Trumpet

Chloe Rowlands - Trumpet

Willem de Koch - Trombone

Recorded at various studios and homes between 2017-2020

Mixed & Mastered by Andy Clausen, March 2021

Cover Art by Addis Goldman

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