Xeltrei's lyrics & chords

Xeltrei hails from Sweden and consists of Erica on piano and David Wenngren (of Library Tapes) on piano, field recordings, and computer. Their album is made up of ten tracks of delicate, muffled piano melodies mixed with an array of crumbling sounds. Xeltrei explains their collaboration as "lo-fi piano music made with love." The music sounds almost like a forgotten, homemade cassette where each melancholy note on the piano is allowed to resonate before it fades. Piano is only half of the story, of course. The various found sounds and effects, a...read more