Half Shadow
These are the songs of Jesse Carsten & their friends & lovers sung or danced to the tune of the breaking bell; the sun-down & starry tear. Since 2012!
05/18/2026
๐ฌ๏ธ Saturday ๐๐ข๐บ ๐น๐ถ! I'll be playing lodge solo alongside my pal .xoxo
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I'll play all the songs from ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ as well as new ones from the album I've been grinding on in the dark.โฃ
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If you'd like to come for the show and stay over, follow the link in my bio to book and get a good chunk off your stay.โฃ
Show is...
MAY 30
8 PM
F R E E and OPEN to everyone
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05/03/2026
๐ฟ Hi welcome to Bandcamp Sunday (just invented) and I'm checking in w my sparkly cheeks to tell you that ๐๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐ณ" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ. has sent out pre-orders and we're ready for YOU to put yr order in for one if you so desire. ๐ฟโฃ
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๐ธ๏ธJoshua also put up a Half Shadow "starter pack" (love it) if you want the new record, old ones, a postcard and a bumper sticker for an extremely reasonable price. On that note, ๐'๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ bumper stickers are back in stock after an extreme hiatus (sorry to the people who have been waiting.) ๐ธ๏ธโฃ
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โก๏ธ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ-๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ. โก๏ธ โฃ
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03/06/2026
๐ ๐ฌ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฌ๏ธ๐ my mighty-mini 4 song EP is out everywhere in the world ๐๐๐๐๐ via ! ๐ฆโฃ
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๐ฒ๐ช A special one for me, full of windswept songs of strange desire, death, actually growing up, having children, and somehow, still retaining a connection to the primal creative forces that I sit with everyday. ๐ฅ๐ชบโฃ
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๐ณ๏ธ ๐ It's a letter from deepest winter to the first raindrops of spring; from the walloping seas of emotion to the bright, new budding leaves and the spring-tide berry. ๐๐ฟโฃ
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๐ง๏ธ Despite its brevity this thing thunders with meaning and contains some of my favorite song-poems to date. ๐ฉ๏ธโฃ
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๐ It's been with me since summer 2024, so I'm very relieved for it to be finally dripping out into the fray. ๐ง Recorded and mixed at home & mastered it beautifully. ๐งโฃ
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๐ฟ Oh did I mention it's a ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ณ" that you can order up now? ๐ฟ my whole concept was based in trying to make an EP that could fit on a 45--huzzah! Here it is. ๐ธ๏ธโฃ
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๐ณ๏ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๏ธโฃ
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๐ฉต oh and it's Friday, so we can actually be paid for this music/these records. thank you for being here!! ๐ขโฃ
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12/08/2023
โ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌโ is out *๐๐๐๐๐ * right now, anywhere and everywhere you might look for it!โฃ
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A brief, but luscious EP this collection was made in response to prompts given by Phil Elverum during a workshop that just really transformed and opened up my creative life & mind. Itโs such a gift that these songs actually arrived out the experienceโI wasnโt even expecting it! Each track was written off the cuff and barely changed in lyric/structure as i built them up into โfinished tracks.โ Part of the workshop was about embracing immediacy & rawness & I tried to be true to those ideals in process and as these became โreal things.โMade these in a whirlwind without looking back! โฃ
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Thereโs odes to depression and transcendence, oceanic folk-rock meditation, folk songs of young-memory sexual exploration and a synth-soaked paean to rain. I quote Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Duncan and Phil on here. Whoa. Field Recordings. Drone. A sung choral poem that appears out of nowhere. How many different sounding ideas did I think I could fit into 17 minutes? A lot, apparently. Best sounding thing I ever recorded by far. โฃ
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Grateful to the careful and caring ears of for her exquisite mastering and for the open heart of for dropping it in analog form. You can get one from them this minute if you so desire! โฃ
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๐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด & ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐โฃ
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Thanks to anyone who takes the time to listen to this bit of soul-bearing-music buried in my little corner of a hulking loud, disinterested internetโI know there are only a few of you and Iโm thankful for your genuine enthusiasm and support and care. โฃ
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09/08/2023
Come out and see me โdust offโ the acoustic guitar tonight at Mississippi Records (NOT studios) for the release! Newish Songs andโฆ.a cover!? Friends! Beautiful evening! Summerโs poetic wane! Lots of soul-soothing music. Doors at 7, music at 8. The dexterous will open things up. Come have a kombucha! Buy a Red Meadow tape (spoiler: itโs gorgeous)! Swipe for flyer and more dust.
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08/14/2023
Some more pics from our recent ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ show taken with love by โก๏ธโก๏ธโก๏ธโฃโฃโฃ
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08/09/2023
Next show is THIS
FRIDAY ๐ด/๐ญ๐ญ with the sparkling (on tour from NM!) & one of my fave dream song-spinners . ๐ผ-๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. $๐พ, not too shabby for an abundance of heart-music. Iโll be playing SOLO. New songs. Eye contact. Pink Lighting. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
โฃFlyer by yours truly, who wouldโve guessed? Photo of me and op on film by โฃโฃโฃ
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07/23/2023
Next show is a real sweet one! #๐ด/๐ญ๐ญ with the sparkling (on tour from NM!) & one of my fave dream song-spinners . ๐ผ-๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ. ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ด. $๐พ, not too shabby for an abundance of heart-music. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?
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07/18/2023
These are some pics from our recent ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ show taken with love by . Still swooning over that night of spirit-sound & pink light. โฃโฃโฃโฃ
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07/15/2023
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07/13/2023
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