Lamentations of An Bhean Si [LP]

Eleanora - Lamentations of An Bhean Si [LP]

Lamentations of An Bhean Si is the vinyl edition of the debut album, first issued in 2025 as a cassette, by Oakland-based harpist Eleanor Denison. Denison trained as a classical harpist before dropping out to play more informally and pursue an agrarian lifestyle in central Vermont. She returned to the Boston area in 2023, where she began developing a new avant-pop approach to her instrument, using loop and delay pedals to mix composed bits with pure improvisation.

Since relocating to California, Eleanora has been playing solo, employing a unique approach that creates beautifully mutating fields of sound displaying elements of everything from traditional Celtic melodicism to "found vocals" in the musique concrète tradition. Her sound exists in a universe where ancestral Irish dolor, New Age illumination, and experimental technique unite in a glowing web of sound — critic Byron Coley likens her to a point equidistant from Mary Lattimore, Yaara Valey, and PG Six.

Track Listing:

SIDE A:
Wrong Right Time
QC-133N
White River
I Saw The Washerwoman

SIDE B:
Lungweight
Cirripedia
I Have Not Considered The Lilies
Requiem for Two