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Monday's Musical Spotlight: Helen Money's "Vanished Star"

9/19/2016

Just ahead of the release of her stunning new album Become Zero, Helen Money (cellist Alison Chesley) has released the haunting, and powerful track "Vanished Star."

A boundary breaking artist for two decades, Chesley has showed no signs of slowing down as 2016 has been one of her busiest years yet. She has toured the U.S. with Magma and Arabrot, as well as Europe with Shellac, and will be heading out on the road again for a handful of U.S. shows with Sleep and a full European tour with Russian Circles. Chesley also recently completed a monthlong residency at Complex in L.A., and is currently performing in Chicago's Shakespeare Theater production of Tug of War: Civil Strife. Later this year, Chesley will be performing at Constellation in Chicago, as well as Trans-Pecos in NYC, and a year-end show at Complex in L.A.

Helen Money’s Become Zero continues cellist Alison Chesley’s exploration of emotive and intense music. Written after the death of both of her parents, Become Zero amplifies Chesley’s musical ferocity with palpable sadness and striking beauty. Using her extensively manipulated cello, Chesley joins forces once more with drummer Jason Roeder (Sleep, Neurosis), Rachel Grimes (Rachel’s) and collaborator and co-producer Will Thomas (who provides sound effects and samples) on an album that is incredibly personal and visceral.

Helen Money Tour Dates

Helen Money Tour Dates
Oct. 21 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield *
Oct. 22 - Portland, OR - Roseland *
Oct. 23 - Seattle, WA - Showbox *
Oct. 25 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Peleda #
Oct. 26 - Durbe, Latvia - Community Hall #
Oct. 27 - Tallinn, Estonia - Rockstars #
Oct. 28 - Helsinki, Finland - Tavastia #
Oct. 30 - Stockholm, Sweden - En Arena #
Oct. 31 - Oslo, Norway - Vulkan Arena #
Nov. 2 - Bergen, Norway - Landmark #
Nov. 3 - Stavanger, Norway - Folken #
Nov. 5 - Athens, Greece - Lera Odos - Smoke the Fuzz Fest #
Nov. 6 - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus #
Nov. 7 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island #
Nov. 9 - Brno, Czech Republic - Kabinet Muz #
Nov. 10 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer Kert #
Nov. 11 - Cluj Napoca, Romania - The Shelter #
Nov. 12 - Bucharest, Romania - Control Club #
Nov. 13 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Club Mixtape 5 #
Nov. 14 - Skopje, Macedonia - MKC #
Nov. 15 - Belgrade, Serbia - Elektropionir #
Nov. 17 - Zagreb, Croatia - Vintage Industrial Bar #
Nov. 18 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Orto Klub #
Nov. 19 - Vienna, Austria - Arena #
Nov. 20 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar #
Dec. 7 - New York City - NY - Trans-Pecos
Dec. 9 - Chicago, IL - Constellation
Dec. 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Complex

* w/ Sleep
# w/ Russian Circles
Listen to Become Zero's title track by Helen Money here:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3AI4LLbeIqAuJLl3uxd78f