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Setting (members of Pelt, Califone) “Like Fripp and Eno holed up in a mountain cabin looking for UFOs, Setting’s debut is a luminous slice of kosmische Appalachia that’s like scanning the horizon until you lose all separation between earth and sky.” –Aquarium Drunkard. SETTING is a North Carolina-based trio featuring Nathan Bowles (solo/trio, Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) on strings, keys, tapes, and percussion; Jaime Fennelly (Mind Over Mirrors, Peeesseye) on harmoniums, synthesizers, and piano zither; and Joe Westerlund (solo, Califone, Sylvan Esso, Jake Xerxes Fuss...

When someone drops the word “rainbow” into their album title, they set up some expectations. If your imagine conjures hopes of Deep Purple-derived heaviosity, Shone A Rainbow Light On is a serious red herring. But if you are tuned into sound’s capacity to uplift, the four-part debut LP by Setting is at your service.

Multi-instrumentalists Nathan Bowles, Jaime Fennelly, and Joe Westerlund combine forces on textured, stormy folk compositions that encourage deeper listening.