ENTRANCE

Thrill Jockey is pleased to announce the signing of ENTRANCE, the multi-talented singer-songwriter Guy Blakeslee. An artist’s artist, ENTRANCE is a musician with the blues running through his veins. His newest creations add up to a set of rich, cinematic songs featuring expansive orchestration and imaginative story telling, as unique to himself as they are, at times, evocative of Townes Van Zandt, Scott Walker and Gene Clark. Among his fans, he counts the likes of Spike Jonze, who featured ENTRANCE’s interpretation of Skip James’ “I’m So Glad” in the film “Her.” Continuing in this vein, his Thrill Jockey debut will be the emotive production Promises. read more…

Thrill Jockey is pleased to announce the signing of ENTRANCE, the multi-talented singer-songwriter Guy Blakeslee. An artist’s artist, ENTRANCE is a musician with the blues running through his veins. His newest creations add up to a set of rich, cinematic songs featuring expansive orchestration and imaginative story telling, as unique to himself as they are, at times, evocative of Townes Van Zandt, Scott Walker and Gene Clark. Among his fans, he counts the likes of Spike Jonze, who featured ENTRANCE’s interpretation of Skip James’ “I’m So Glad” in the film “Her.” Continuing in this vein, his Thrill Jockey debut will be the emotive production Promises.

Meanwhile throughout the summer, ENTRANCE will be drawing on material from a forthcoming 2017 album in a series of select shows throughout Europe & the US. Both solo and with his new band, ENTRANCE’s performances are deeply moving emotional experiences that linger on long after the lights have come on.

“… A psychedelic shaman bringing us news from other planes of existence” – Pitchfork

“Entrance didn’t meet the devil at the crossroads, he met some loved-up space aliens who

“I recently saw (ENTRANCE) play, and was raised to tears by how he can so seamlessly

flow between a traditional hymn and one of his own perennial pieces in just a few lines …

Guy has achieved one of the ultimate goals of an artist – he’s worked at it for so long and

with such discipline and clarity of intent that the artifice of ego evaporates and everything

made him the International Son of Cosmic Blues” – NME

beyond his heart is transmuted to the source of what we call ‘authentic’” – Devendra Banhart

“Entrance is a spiritual revolutionary” – Cat Power

News

• PopMatters debuts ENTRANCE's "Not Gonna Say Your Name" Jan 18, 2017
• The Talkhouse premieres ENTRANCE's "Not Gonna Say Your Name" Jan 18, 2017
• Okayplayer talks to ENTRANCE about “Not Gonna Say Your Name” Jan 16, 2017
• Illustrator Rozalina Burkova unveils video for Entrance's new Track "Promises" Sep 12, 2016
• Tiny Mix Tapes details ENTRANCE signing to Thrill Jocky and upcoming Promise EP Jun 6, 2016
• Brooklyn Vegan announces Guy Blakeslee’s Union Pool Show Oct 21, 2014
• Denver’s Westwood reviews Guy Blakeslee’s Union Pool Show Oct 9, 2014
• Contract Music reviews Guy Blakeslee’s show at Gothic Theater Sep 5, 2014
• Pitchfork announces new tour dates for Guy Blakeslee as support for Father John Misty Aug 29, 2014
• The Bay Bridged interviews Guy Blakeslee Aug 29, 2014
• The Bay Bridged interviews Guy Blakeslee of The Entrance Band Aug 29, 2014