Stenroos’ second solo record, Lunar Tide has been described paradoxically as having “a free-form sense of reckless creative abandon” and being “a lesson in style and restraint”. Featuring contributions from Andy Clausen (Fleet Foxes, The Westerlies), Finnegan Shanahan (Contemporaneous, New Amsterdam Records), James Quinlan (Sammy Rae And The Friends), and Ricky Petraglia (Escaper). Recorded at Saltlands Studio and in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Mastered by the Grammy-nominated Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, The Antlers, etc.). Released independently on July 7th, 2015.
Matthew Stenroos - Lunar Tide
Mantra, the latest record from Stenroos’ ambient project Sixty Ton Angel, is guided meditation music designed for riding the New York City subway system. The project was born incidentally while Stenroos was undergoing an anxiety attack on the subway, and began repeating phrases to himself: “I am on the train”; “the train is in the station”; “each rider on the train has a destination.” By doing so he inadvertently entered a hypnotic meditative state. These phrases evolved into the mindfulness cues featured on the record. He is currently “busking” the project on subway platforms by providing a sign with a QR code, from which riders can stream the record during their ride. The album was co-produced by Carson Graham.
Sixty Ton Angel - Mantra
The Window is Matthew’s third solo album, released independently on November 6th 2019, months before the pandemic. Impossibly dense and riddled with the emotional detritus of lost faith, the record is his most personal and visceral. Recorded with no budget in sublet bedroom studios throughout Brooklyn, the epic scope of the record bursts at the seams of it’s mid-fi constraints. Featuring contributions from Chloe Rowlands (Fleet Foxes, The Westerlies), Max Zooi (Sammy Rae And The Friends, Star The Moonlight), Helen Newby (Residente, Amaranth Quartet), Charls Ava, Finnegan Shanahan (Contemporaneous, New Amsterdam Records), Ricky Petraglia (Escaper), and Lauren Renahan.