Photo: Adele Fournet

Earlier this month, NYC’s Astroturf Noise released their self-titled debut album through 577. An adventurous trio, consisting of Sam Day Harmet (mandolin/fx), Sana Nagano (violin/fx), and Zach Swanson (bass), they describe themselves as “synthetic grass for synthetic times”. Their new record sees them taking American roots music in a wild new direction, merging free improvisation and bluegrass/americana. For a taster of the album, check out the three singles they had previously shared, ‘Orange Blossom Bullet Train’ ft. Billy Martin, ‘Black Berry’ ft. Sarah Bernstein and ‘Morning Zephyr Waltz’. Speaking about ‘Orange Blossom Bullet Train’, Harmet described it as “an attempt to push that concept as far as it will go with the bullet train tearing into effect-laden noise territory and strange new dissonant turns.” Talking about the second single, ‘Black Berry’, he said he likes “to think of this as an evil twin commentary on the twin fiddle tradition, prizing dissonance, texture, and individuality over pleasing harmonic movements and blend.”

‘Black Berry’ and ‘Morning Zephyr Waltz’ come with accompanying videos made by Harmet, the latter filmed a week ago in the now quiet streets of Brooklyn. Take a gander below.