Rosenau & Sanborn - Bluebird (LP)The seeds for Bluebird were sown starting in 2015 when Nick Sanborn and I were both performing at the inaugural Eaux Claires festival. We were performing in different projects, but, encouraged by the promoters and in the collaborative spirit of the festival, we decided to try an improv duo set together. We had been friends and collaborators for years, but had never done anything like that together before. We were booked for Friday July 17th, 2015,

but as with the full album

Is it a map or a language

” was actually the catalyst for the entire project

and sometimes just having one interface to deal with takes that mental pressure off

but had never done anything like that together before

the pair subsequently recorded in one session at Sound City in LA

It’s an instrument he chose for no real reason other than finding it enjoyable to improvise on

It’s really shown that you don’t need to be fully aware of each other as you’re making – you just need to have the freedom to fully get into whatever you’re feeling at that moment

from the onset the voices of Mountain Man crafted an immediate intimacy

or unearthed ancient runes

This is just the beginning of that conversation captured on tape

Mountain Man’s debut full-length Made the Harbor catapulted the project into the spotlight on indie music blogs across the Internet