Inlets, photo by Kristianna Smith

A long time ago, in 2006, Sebastian Krueger released a free ep under the name Inlets, and I have been waiting for more music from him ever since. In 2010, my waiting is at an end, – Inlets will release his debut “Inter Arbiter“ on the 20th April.  When I said “..more music from…” in the above sentence, that’s actually not very precise. Krueger has delivered music through all these years, but mostly as a musician for other artists, like My Brightest Diamond, Feist, DM Stith and others. On his own, he makes delicate compositions, in a genre somewhere between folk, classical and pop. He reminds me sometimes of Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy, both in the instrumentation, the compositions and especially the voice.

On “Inter Arbiter” he gets help from several of his multi-talented friends, including Angel from the Dirty Projectors and Zach from Beirut, as well as cellist Maria Jeffers and violist Marla Hansen of the string quartet Osso.

The free 8 track “Vestibule EP” is still available for download from the netlabel Luvsound, still as beautiful and timeless as it were in 2006.

Here’s a new song from the new album:

Inlets – Bright Orange Air

Here’s a concert he did at the Music Hall of Williamsburg 2/4/2009, recorded by Baeble Music:

Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com