Watch the new Eszter Balint video for Trouble You Don't See, a track from her Airless Midnight album. A powerful, violin driven song about facing mishaps and taking them head on. The clip was directed by Nick Nehéz.
Live date:HCTF review of Airless Midnight .
Singer, multi-instrumentalist and sometimes actress Eszter Balint got the rare honor of having three of NYC's adventurous guitarists contributing to her new album Airless Midnight: Chris Cochrane (John Zorn) Dave Schramm (The Schramms, Yo La Tengo) and Marc Ribot. You have to be an original to get just one of them drop by the studio and Balint has talent in spades. She is a blues folkie who doesn't mind messing with time signatures and cutting her teeth on the avant-garde and jazz. Her voice is a mix of Chrissie Hynde spiked with a bit of PJ Harvey cool, especially in the noise rocker Let's Tonight It.
Balint's main instrument is the violin, using it for counter-melodies, an extra means of percussion and quite a lot of glissandi. Most drummers would give up trying to follow her changes, but Brian Wilson is used to playing with Johnny Dowd and never misses a beat. Airless Midnight is a musician's album, but it accessible enough for Americana lovers who can handle an out-of-the-box approach.
