Dan English
Orchestral chamber-folk balancing private confession with cinematic scale
Based in New York City, USA · From USA
English writes slow-to-mid-tempo songs around acoustic guitar, piano, close vocals and detailed string arrangements, occasionally opening into louder electric-guitar passages. Expect an intimate Sky Record-focused performance that treats chamber instrumentation and small silences as seriously as its choruses.
More about Dan English
Raised in West Branch, Iowa, English developed his solo work after moving to New York, where he also became a guitarist for Porches. Sky Record was produced with Joey Valle and extends the homespun scale of Fruit Boy into arrangements featuring strings, double bass and a web of New York vocal collaborators.
Playing
- 2026-11-05 · Pitchfork Avant-Garde · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires · Superb Stage at Les Disquaires
Start here
- In Grace (2020)
Six compact songs showing his intimate, unsettled earlier language - Fruit Boy (2018)
Lo-fi beginnings shaped by woodwinds, odd details and patient songwriting
Worked with
- Melody English cousin and recurring vocalist
- Joey Valle producer and co-producer
- Porches guitarist for the band
- Aerial East additional vocalist on Sky Record
- Martha Skye Murphy additional vocalist on Sky Record
For fans of
Porches, John Cale, Aerial East, Melody EnglishOfficial links
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