Brooklyn-based songwriter, improviser, and guitarist, Wendy Eisenberg, has shared Old Myth Dying, the latest single from their forthcoming self-titled album, due April 3rd via Joyful Noise Recordings. It follows the well-received Meaning Business with a track that strips back some of their more elaborate instincts in favour of something rawer and more direct.
Eisenberg wrote Old Myth Dying in early 2024 while feverish, channelling the discomfort into a polyrhythmic guitar figure that underpins a vocal performance wound tight with urgency. “I wanted to see if I could do this polyrhythm in my right hand and sing over it,” they explain. “This time, my lyrics came out straightforward and wary, blunter than usual. They revealed a different pain I was feeling, the pain of actually knowing what you can and can’t control, and what inherited myths have been lies designed to control you all along.” That tension — between physical discipline and emotional reckoning — runs through the track with real force.
Stream: https://wendyeisenberg.lnk.to/myth
Wendy Eisenberg takes its cues from classic songwriting practitioners like John Hartford, Gillian Welch, and John Prine, alongside the more wayward folk of Richard Dawson and Joanna Newsom, as well as the orchestral pop-folk of Judee Sill and Van Dyke Parks. It’s a significant pivot toward folk songcraft after a decade of restless genre exploration, and Old Myth Dying makes a compelling case for that shift. The album was recorded with bassist Trevor Dunn, drummer Ryan Sawyer, and co-producer Mari Rubio, who contributes pedal steel, synth, and string arrangements.
Eisenberg will tour throughout the year, with dates alongside Richard Dawson and a co-headlining release run with more eaze.
Wendy Eisenberg is out April 3rd via Joyful Noise Recordings.
Pre-Order/Save: https://wendyeisenberg.lnk.to/wendy
Tour Dates
February 18 @ Barbes – Brooklyn, NY
February 20 @ Union Pool – Brooklyn, NY^
February 28 @ Close Up – New York, NY
March 19 @ Purgatory – Brooklyn, NY^
March 13 @ NuBlu – New York, NY
March 18 @ Ki Smith – Brooklyn, NY°
March 25 @ Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY*
March 26 @ Visible Records – Charlottesville, VA
March 27 @ AyurPrana – Asheville, NC
March 28 @ Big Ears – Knoxville, TN
March 30 @ Random Sample – Nashville, TN
April 1 @ Constellation – Chicago, IL*
April 2 @ Blockhouse – Bloomington, IN
April 8 @ Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY^
April 15 @ TV Eye – Ridgewood, NY#
April 16 @ Johnny Brendas – Philadelphia, PA#
April 23 @ The Stone – New York, NY
April 30 @ Van Dyck Music Club – Schenectady, NY
May 1 @ The Local – Saugerties, NY
May 7 @ Mama Tried – Brooklyn, NY
May 9 @ Mama Tried – Brooklyn, NY^
May 29 @ The Whitney – New York, NY
June 6 @ Nightclub 101 – New York, NY^
June 25 @ La Sala Rossa – Montreal, Canada%
*w/ Rich(ard) Dawson
# w/ more eaze
% w/ Bill Orcutt
^ Editirx
° whait