Joseph Keckler shares eerie new song "Believer," playing Joe's Pub with Jesse Paris Smith

"Singer, author and performance artist Joseph Keckler has very distinct style: gothy, Wagnerian, surreal, and arch."

""I loved building the layers of this song, scavenging for sounds and words and weaving them together," Joseph says. "It was a largely solitary, pleasurably delirious process.""

"The best way to experience Keckler's art is at one of his multimedia performances which combine music, storytelling, humor and short films in a very entertaining way."

Joseph Keckler blends gothy, Wagnerian, surreal, and arch elements into the new song "Believer," pairing a circular swirl of strings and voices with dramatic vocal shifts from menacing to ethereal. The recording features layered textures created through a solitary, meticulous process of scavenging sounds and words and weaving them together. The song premieres online and is available to listen to via the post. Keckler's multimedia performances combine music, storytelling, humor, and short films, offering a richer live experience. New York audiences can catch him at Joe's Pub on February 3 with Jesse Paris Smith; tickets are on sale.

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