The ambient single is full of otherworldly optimism and warmth.
Noveller is the moniker for LA-based guitar wizard and score composer Sarah Lipstate. Fresh off a tour supporting Iggy Pop, Lipstate is prepping for the release of her new album, A Pink Sunset For No One. “Deep Shelter” is the first single and opening track from the record. The piece is based around a looping two-bar chord sequence. For all the ambient trappings of Lipstate’s processed, layered guitar work, her music is highly melodic and has a linear, teleological structure. Synth-soaked guitar motifs are introduced and developed, soaring to astral heights.The song’s swelling, movie-magic warmth recalls the strange, otherwordly optimism of Neu!. In the last minute, a piano enters the mix, pushing the song towards a minor key and a waltzing cadence, evoking the sensation of falling gently, like a feather, back to earth.
Listen to “Deep Shelter” below. A Pink Sunset for No One is due out February 10 via Fire Records. Noveller will be performing at St. Vitus on March 11 with Egyptrixx and Eartheater.