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Setting Sun

Setting Sun Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Electroacoustic / Pop

    Location Brooklyn / The Hudson Valley / Catskill Mountains, New York, Un

    Profile Views: 421806

    Last Login: 5/31/2012

    Member Since 2/19/2005

    Website www.settingsun.cc

    Record Label Young Love Records (USA)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ....New Record!.. 'Fantasurreal'.. .. .... .. .. .. DIGITAL ONLY EP! ..'Children of the Remix'...... .. .... .. ..'Children of the Wild'.. 2008 .. .... .. .. .. ..Make You Feel - Video by Thomas Legnon.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..Driving - Video by Charles Pieper.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..No Devil me no More - Video by Charles Pieper.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..National Parks Commercial w/ Morning Song off Children of the Wild.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. How Long from Children of the Wild.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..'Not Waste' - Video by Jeremie Grandsienne.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..'How Long' - New York, NY July 2008.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ..Download songs from iTunes:.... .. .... .. .. .. ..Math and Magic cd (2005).. .. .. ......holed up cd (2002)...... .. .... .... ............~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~..Buy from these links... .. .. .. ...... ..iTunes.. ........ ..CD Baby.. ........ ..Direct.. .... ..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.. ABOUT SETTING SUN...... Incredibly well-crafted songs. Here's another band where I had an impossible time picking one song. ..- USA Today.. .... Dramatic and poignant! Unobtrusively, the band mixes synth experimentalism in with its folky, string-band sound to great effect. ..- NPR.. .... "The title to Setting Sun’s fourth album, Fantasurreal, is the perfect made-up combination of two words to capture the spirit and sound of the record. Largely the work of one man, Gary Levitt, Setting Sun creates a fantastical mix of whimsy and brightly hued pop matched to a surreal lyrical sensibility that’s the product of either a vivid imagination or some good drugs." ..- Limewire .. .... Singer-songwriter Gary Levitt has a solid take on the balance between rural naif and urban hipster that's at the root of the current alt-folk scene, but for all the acoustic guitars and simple musical settings of the third Setting Sun album, he's no Devendra Banhart type of modern flower child. Levitt (who basically is Setting Sun, although Erica Quitzow, adds cello, violin, drums and vocals) has far more in common with Destroyer's Dan Bejar: the 11 songs on Children of the Wild use not only vintage psych and folk-rock as musical touchstones, but the melodramatic likes of Scott Walker and Hunky Dory-era David Bowie, as well as sophisticated '80s college rockers like Prefab Sprout and the Go-Betweens. Moods range from the giddy, strummy pop rush of "Overjoyed" to the whispered tension of "Not Waste," with room for the folkish delicacy of "Morning Song" as well as the trippy edge of the Beck-like single "No Devil Me No More," with the boyish charm of Levitt's vocals and the inventive melodicism of his tunes tying the whole thing together. Children of the Wild may not fit easily into any currently fashionable genre descriptors, but it's definitely worth a listen. ..- All Music Guide .. .... Setting Sun create an Arcade Fire urgency, creating sweeping orchestrations, driving rhythms. delicate, hushed vocals and well-crafted pop songs. ..- Pop Matters.. .... On a superficial level, the listener might assume this is an album brimming with morose lyrics, but the songs feel infectiously hopeful without being too sweet ..- Feminist Review.. .... "Isolation," from 2005's Math and Magic, brought together the dramatic delivery with a set of lyrics spilling out with a poetic skill rarely heard in any style of music. ..- Pittsburgh City Paper.. .... Setting Sun's low-key charisma creates a mood that's hard to ignore. Even songs that may sound happy on the surface are shot through with dark splinters and devastating insights...- East Bay Express.. .. .. "It kind of made me feel like I was 15 again and listening to a new Sub Pop band." ..- Impact Press.. .. .. "Spacey, thoughtful, and -- dare I say it -- pretty." ..- Space City Rock.. .. .. "Setting Sun is good, and good for you." .. - News Observer.. .. .. "Like a never-ending treasure hunt. Each song evolves to some completely different end without losing its original idea." .. - Boise Weekly.. .. .. "With his voice a biting whisper and guitar work that's quietly emphatic and shrewd as it picks its way around the fretboard, Setting Sun's Gary Levitt has more than a little Elliott Smith in him. We're talking old Elliott Smith here, i.e., the sad, intimate and cloudy days of Roman Candle." .. - Willamette Weekly (Portland).. .. .. "Maybe he’s just an independent thinker who’s onto something." ..- Las Cruces Pulse.. .. .. .. .... ..SHOW ARCHIVE.... .. .. Gary is an engineer at the illustrious ..Young Love Studio.. in New Paltz, NY. .. .. Gary also plays bass and sings backup for ..Quitzow... .. .. .. ..SETTING SUN ON LAST.FM RADIO.. .. ...... .. .. if you know what this is click it and don't be scared... ...... .... ...... .... ..18 seconds of philosophical fun... or .. Actual footage of Gary's guitar being stolen in Austin Texas.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .."Don't email me your original" - Austin Detective assigned to the case ..

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    an instant classic
New Record! 'Fantasurreal'

DIGITAL ONLY EP! 'Children of the Remix'
remix EP

'Children of the Wild' 2008


Make You Feel - Video by Thomas Legnon


Driving - Video by Charles Pieper


No Devil me no More - Video by Charles Pieper


National Parks Commercial w/ Morning Song off Children of the Wild


18 seconds of philosophical fun... or
Actual footage of Gary's guitar being stolen in Austin Texas


How Long from Children of the Wild


'Not Waste' - Video by Jeremie Grandsienne


'How Long' - New York, NY July 2008

Download songs from iTunes:
iTunes


Math and Magic cd (2005)


holed up cd (2002)


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ABOUT SETTING SUN

Incredibly well-crafted songs. Here's another band where I had an impossible time picking one song. - USA Today

Dramatic and poignant! Unobtrusively, the band mixes synth experimentalism in with its folky, string-band sound to great effect. - NPR

"The title to Setting Sun’s fourth album, Fantasurreal, is the perfect made-up combination of two words to capture the spirit and sound of the record. Largely the work of one man, Gary Levitt, Setting Sun creates a fantastical mix of whimsy and brightly hued pop matched to a surreal lyrical sensibility that’s the product of either a vivid imagination or some good drugs." - Limewire

Singer-songwriter Gary Levitt has a solid take on the balance between rural naif and urban hipster that's at the root of the current alt-folk scene, but for all the acoustic guitars and simple musical settings of the third Setting Sun album, he's no Devendra Banhart type of modern flower child. Levitt (who basically is Setting Sun, although Erica Quitzow, adds cello, violin, drums and vocals) has far more in common with Destroyer's Dan Bejar: the 11 songs on Children of the Wild use not only vintage psych and folk-rock as musical touchstones, but the melodramatic likes of Scott Walker and Hunky Dory-era David Bowie, as well as sophisticated '80s college rockers like Prefab Sprout and the Go-Betweens. Moods range from the giddy, strummy pop rush of "Overjoyed" to the whispered tension of "Not Waste," with room for the folkish delicacy of "Morning Song" as well as the trippy edge of the Beck-like single "No Devil Me No More," with the boyish charm of Levitt's vocals and the inventive melodicism of his tunes tying the whole thing together. Children of the Wild may not fit easily into any currently fashionable genre descriptors, but it's definitely worth a listen. - All Music Guide

Setting Sun create an Arcade Fire urgency, creating sweeping orchestrations, driving rhythms. delicate, hushed vocals and well-crafted pop songs. - Pop Matters

On a superficial level, the listener might assume this is an album brimming with morose lyrics, but the songs feel infectiously hopeful without being too sweet - Feminist Review

"Isolation," from 2005's Math and Magic, brought together the dramatic delivery with a set of lyrics spilling out with a poetic skill rarely heard in any style of music. - Pittsburgh City Paper

Setting Sun's low-key charisma creates a mood that's hard to ignore. Even songs that may sound happy on the surface are shot through with dark splinters and devastating insights.- East Bay Express

"It kind of made me feel like I was 15 again and listening to a new Sub Pop band." - Impact Press

"Spacey, thoughtful, and -- dare I say it -- pretty." - Space City Rock

"Setting Sun is good, and good for you." - News Observer (NC)

"Like a never-ending treasure hunt. Each song evolves to some completely different end without losing its original idea." - Boise Weekly

"With his voice a biting whisper and guitar work that's quietly emphatic and shrewd as it picks its way around the fretboard, Setting Sun's Gary Levitt has more than a little Elliott Smith in him. We're talking old Elliott Smith here, i.e., the sad, intimate and cloudy days of Roman Candle." - Willamette Weekly (Portland)

"Maybe he’s just an independent thinker who’s onto something." - Las Cruces Pulse


SHOW ARCHIVE

Gary is an engineer at the illustrious Young Love Studio in New Paltz, NY.

Gary also plays bass and sings backup for Quitzow.

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