Wendy Eisenberg Shares 30-Minute Song, Announces New Band With More Eaze

Singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso Wendy Eisenberg is back with a surprise release and a new band. The first, the companion work Wweennddyy Eeiisseennbbeerrgg, reimagines “Meaning Business” and “The Walls”—both of which appear on their recent self-titled album—into sprawling live renditions totaling 46 minutes. The two-song package was recorded with Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Ryan Sawyer, and violinist Mari Rubio aka More Eaze.Describing why they felt compelled to record alternate versions of the two tracks, Eisenberg said, “I want to write songs that feel infinite. I want to write songs that transcend their production, that can weather the changes. It’s probably a holdover from my jazz training, the desire to hear my material in different contexts. A standard sounds different passed through time and hands. This band, Ryan, Mari, and Trevor, can do anything — between them their practices span jazz, metal, country, ambient music, minimalism, and hyperpop, at least. Why not literally stretch them, and my songs, out? I want to feel when a slowed-down song becomes ambient music, becomes jazz, becomes something else. Experimental music; an experiment. Hopefully not chopp...