Stephen Steinbrink Announces New Album In A Split Mirror: Hear “Magic Mirror”
The prolific Oakland-based singer-songwriter and visual artist Stephen Steinbrink has been in the game for many years, and he has collaborated with people like Boy Scouts , Emperor X , Dear Nora , and Jay Som . We last heard from Steinbrink when he released his 2023 album Disappearing Coin , and now he's announcing plans to follow it with a new one called In A Split Mirror . The post Stephen…
Renowned singer-songwriter and visual artist Stephen Steinbrink has announced his upcoming album In A Split Mirror, following his 2023 release Disappearing Coin. The album was recorded at Headlands Center For The Arts, an artist residency housed in a decommissioned military base. Steinbrink collaborated with various musicians, including Andrew Dorsett on piano, Cole Pulice on saxophone, Chase Kamp on drums, and Nick Levine on pedal steel.
The lead single from In A Split Mirror, Magic Mirror, explores the idea of identity shifting over time, drawing inspiration from a 2013 encounter on a New York subway where Steinbrink and a man who resembled him closely exchanged glances. The video for Magic Mirror was shot in the same room where In A Split Mirror was recorded, inside a 125-year-old structure overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
The album features a diverse range of tracks, including It's Not My Dream, Fragmented Soul, Calcified, I'm A Swimming Pool, I'm A Worm, Black Waterfall, Magic Mirror, Magnum PI, Torch Moth Yarn, Driving Around In Arizona, and Opening Windows In May. In A Split Mirror is scheduled for release on October 30 via Sedimentary Archive/Mansions And Millions.
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