"Do You Need" EP((O))?
...listen to a new track, "Do You Need", from the new EP.
Do You Need by Wentworth Kersey

Or, be the first to buy it now....
www.wentworthkersey.bandcamp.com

Twist & Shout in Denver
http://www.twistandshout.com/

...or even iTUNES, AMAZON, CDBABY, etc.
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Truly honored and overwhelmed to hear Tyler Potts and Roger Green do a cover of "Ears Burn" by Wentworth Kersey yesterday at the UMS. Both these artists have influenced my career/sound perhaps more than anyone else in Denver. Check out their touching performance below.


Tyler Potts and Roger Green cover Wentworth Kersey's "Ears Burn" from Plastic Sound Supply on Vimeo.
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...a couple great reviews and some photos from Wentworth Kerey's UMS perfomance...

Here's a review by our gracious friends at Bocumast...

http://www.bocumast.com/bocumast/2010/07/24/wentworth-kerseys-3rd-ep-and-show-last-night-ums

and another from Westword Magazine...

http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2010/07/ums_night_two_travelogue_atom.php

thanks vincent comparetto for photos.

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Some photos of last night's perfomance by Wentworth Kersey @ The Denver Post UMS.

courtesy of REVERB...

http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2010/07/24/the-ums-day-2-a-south-broadway-destination-stories-slideshows-and-more/

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The UMS ranks Wentworth Kersey as number #20 in their polls.  

Show this Friday!

Thank you DENVER POST for supporting us the last few years and thank you for placing us graciously as #20 out of the some 300 incredible bands listed.

to read more about the UMS Festival and the great bands of Denver....
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_15526498?source=pkg
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Wentworth Kersey, george&caplin, and Sandusky will be working on an original soundtrack to coincide with Mitch Dickman's film "Hanna Ranch." Here's the first trailer...ohh how excited we are.

Hanna Ranch Teaser from Mitch Dickman on Vimeo.

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EP ((O)) hits the prairies September 03, 2010.  Stay tuned for more info...

Sun and Moon by wentworthkersey

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Like a rare desert flower on a prickly pear, Wentworth Kersey shall bloom for a few rare live shows this summer and fall. The first show is at the UMS Friday July 23rd @ 8:30pm and an EP ((O)) Release Show shall follow some time this fall. Stay tuned.

click here for more details about the July 23rd show...
http://www.theums.com/
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Beautiful new artwork for EP ((O)) by the FANTASTIC Mr. Technicolor Grayscale...

Mastering process of EP ((O)) began today with the notably fine Colin Bricker.

May 19th 2010: 
Joe Kersey Sampson, Tallest Man on Earth, 
and Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Bluebird Theater.

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Joe Kersey Sampson playing a few WENTWORTH KERSEY songs to open up for The Tallest Man On Earth and Nathaniel Rateliff at the Bluebird Theater.  Be there...

THANKS Nathaniel for including us in your mix....
link...
http://mog.com/playlists/168182

Slowcoustic previews EP((O)).

We are getting down to our final mixes and should be mastering soon.  But in the meantime here's preview from our friends at Slowcoustic.

http://slowcoustic.com/2010/05/13/couple-of-previews-of-upcoming-albums-by-john-statz-and-wentworth-kersey/

"Sun and Moon" video...


Download the new single from our forthcoming EP ((O)),
"Sun and Moon" at...http://www.wentworthkersey.com/

SUN AND MOON

fRee NeW SPRiNg SiNgLe

Courtesy of spring's persuasiveness, 

Wentworth Kersey brings you ...

Sun and Moon 

...a FREE new single off our forthcoming EP ((O)).

{The third EP in our series, EP ((O)), will be released summer 2010.}

DOWNLOAD Sun and Moon NOW...  

from our new homepage...

http://wentworthkersey.com

...or...

from Bandcamp... 

http://wentworthkersey.bandcamp.com/

  

“The sunlight illuminates her face and tinges it with a brave melancholy. Fine.  Everything is fine.”

“As the moonlight makes its crazy way over every tile in the women’s bathroom, as if its course – and this is a terrifying thought – exhausted all the possibilities of subversion.”

 Roberto Bolano

...EP ((O)) UPDATE...

EP ((O)) is coming along. (8-10 song ideas deep) Lots of work ahead! Considering releasing a spring single, so stayed tune in March!

Wentworth Kersey song in a Commercial???

...check out the new commercial for Factory Labs that features yours truly.

(just click on the orange powder)

http://www.factorylabs.com/

::WENTWORTH KERSEY on BEST of 2009 lists::

We were extremely honored to be included in a few BEST of 2009 lists.

+ART ROCKER place EP (O) at number 48 out of 100! WOW!

+SLOWCOUSTIC place EP (O) right between Bonnie Prince Billy and Jim James!

+THE DENVER POST ranked EP (O) number 3 out of the top 10 local releases of 2009. Thanks Denver!

+WESTWORD magazine declared EP(O) was a "moover and shaker" of 2009.

Thanks for all the support everyone in 2009. 2010 will bring the final EP in the series, EP((O))

TO READ MORE, HERE ARE THE LINKS...

http://artrocker.com/node/19528

http://slowcoustic.com/2009/08/08/what-are-the-best-eps-of-2009-i-have-an-idea-and-of-course-a-list/

http://blogs.denverpost.com/reverb/2009/12/28/year-end-list-the-reverb-best-of-2009/

http://www.westword.com/2009-12-24/music/moovers-and-shakers-rounds-up-our-favorite-local-releases-of-the-year/7

...work has begun on EP ((O)).

...or where shall it go???

Sandusky, Wentworth Kersey, and george&caplin say join us...

Bootgazing Vaquero Manifesto

I. All actions must produce the tendency to ponder one’s boots thoughtfully. (or Converse occasionally.)

II. No reins before any reins. Genre limitations are creative limitations.

III. Consider the space it represents, tumbleweeds of any kind should be free within it.

IV. Aspire to encompass the ideals of one or more of the following.

a. Nudie Suits

b. Space Suits

c. Adobe Coats

d. Road Trips

e. Android Federales

f. The American West

g. Cowboy Boots

V. Process before product but not before road trips. Highways are a vaquero’s driveway.

VI. Presets are stagnant urban products; manipulation is a rural survival process.

VII. Keyboards are kin to banjos, and slide guitars are genetically the same as samplers.

VIII. Less vaqueros are often more vaqueros.

IX. Mistakes are cosmic fortunes.

X. All creations would be at home on an AM radio in a pick-up truck driven by Brian Eno on the way to an open ranch or at a rodeo held by Gram Parsons.

XI. No good horse thieves stare and share.

XII. Mexican standoffs are best won by refurbishing culture, recognizing the advantages of working within a limited range of possibilities, and reconciling with repetition.

XIII. “Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.” Cormac McCarthy

Connexion Bizarre's (Portugal)

...review of EP (O)

9 out of 10

"That release in question is "(O)" by Wentworth Kersey, a duo from Denver, Colorado in the USA, and who have a sound that is like shoegazer, post rock, americana... And utterly gorgeous it is too!

If you like music by the likes of Mogwai, Fleet Foxes and Ryan Adams, you won't go far wrong with this latest release by Wentworth Kersey. For me, I think this is gorgeous, as it touches you on so many different levels and emotions."

Check out the full review here...

http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_wentworthkersey_o2.htm

POPmatters REVIEW of (O)

(aka we are blushing our brains out!!! Thanks for your kind words.)

8 out of 10

"(O), the second of three EPs promised from Denver’s Wentworth Kersey, finds the duo upping the atmospheric ante while maintaining a strong songwriting perspective. Passing comparisons toYankee Hotel Foxtrot-era Wilco remain apt, but the tracks here feel even more ethereal and ghostly than its predecessor. The slow burn of the majestic “Teton Mountains” unfolds like a fractured wilderness expanse before melting into the plaintive strummer “Brief Symphony”. “Empty Mall/Dead Mall” into “Worms” follows a similar stylistic arc with the results never feeling forced or rushed. One day in the future, those outside the city limits of Denver will wake up to Wentworth Kersey. Armed with a fully formed aesthetic and an ear for mixing texture and melody in gorgeous proportions, the duo will be well prepared to meet the increased scrutiny. It’s only a matter of time."

check the link here...

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/109256-wentworth-kersey-o/

www.popmatters.com

YOU CRAZY DREAMERS nicely labels a Wentworth Kersey track "Song of the Day."

"The music is something that would make a great soundtrack for a Quentin Tarantino movie (when he decided to make a serious movie). While I would say the sound is basically “folk” it is soo much more - it has so many textures, auras of rolling Appalachian valleys and a modern day Mexi-Cali conquistadors - all with a slight bit of ambient flowing through it all."

" Highly recommended."

To read the full review, check out the link below...

http://youcrazydreamers.com/2009/08/02/song-o-day-wentworth-kerseys-adore/

http://youcrazydreamers.com/

EP (O) REVIEW in Belgium's own ROOTSTIME...

Not sure what it completely says, but I know it doesn't compare us to Don Johnson's album. :)

Check it out here...

http://www.rootstime.be/CD%20REVIEUW/2009/AUG1/CD11.htm

Wentworth Kersey is thankful to the fans and friends who nicely placed us at #25 on the top 100 band poll in The Denver Post. (UMS)

...Also, don't miss Joe Kersey Sampson's set at this year's "Underground Music Showcase" on Saturday, July 25th, 2009. He'll be sure to play a few Wentworth Kersey tracks! (6:oo pm @ Fancy Tiger)

http://www.theums.com/

MY HEART's BEAT blog REVIEW

"At first I was going to sit back and enjoy the music but although their sound is mellow it won't let your senses rest. There is so much to be heard. Each song is unique and multi-dimensional embodied with all these interesting sounds that I can't get over."

WOW..THANKS...to read the complete blog, click here...

http://myheartsbeat.blogspot.com/2009/07/wentworth-kersey.html

WeNtWOrtH KeRSEY EP (O) now on...

ITUNES, AMAZON, EMUSIC, RHAPSODY, etc.

ART ROCKER review of EP (O)

"This knocked me for six. Some stunning, beautiful country music from Joe Kersey Sampson (A Dog Paloma) and Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens (George&Caplin). Wentworth Kersey describe their sound as a ‘sci-fi folk experiment’ which gives a good impression of what they’re up to.

The songs are simply crafted but swathed in a rich psychey soundscape. Far from swamping the country goodness, the extra layers add a whole new dimension to the songs, making them extraordinary. It’s very cleverly done - velvety and honest at the same time.

Fans of Beachwood Sparks and Mystic Chords of Memory will fall in love with this. Indeed, fans of good music everywhere should be legging it over to the Plastic Sound Supply site to buy a copy of the album"

Thanks ARTROCKER for your kind words...http://www.artrocker.com/node/13010

THE DENVER POST review EP (O)

"Their sublime chemistry, however, is revelatory, sounding little like either Sampson's various folk-rock projects or Stevens' electro-dappled George&Caplin. On the second in a series of three EPs, the duo oozes a gentle sophistication and patient melodicism that sets it apart."

"If you're looking for concrete evidence of Denver's ballyhooed music scene, it's here."

read more here by John Wenzel...

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment_old/ci_12398081

DONNYBROOK WRITING ACADEMY says...

"Psych-folk experimentalists, sentimental old bastards, self-proclaimed grandpas Wentworth Kersey have embarked upon an exploratory sound project of utmost importance."

"...check out this song (Wealth), which begins mild-manneredly enough and then launches into an epic, fantastical song of Moody Blues-esque proportions"

to read more from Angora, click here...
http://godonnybrook.com/home/?p=2958

The Onion/Denver Decider review EP(O)

"On WK’s second self-titled EP, singer-guitarist Joe Sampson and keyboardist-programmer Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens...seamlessly meld haunting folk songs to minimal yet soaring samples and synthesizers. The result is a lush, lonesome vibe that sneaks up and bites you on the ass with its epic-ness." 

read interview and article by Jason Heller here...

http://denver.decider.com/articles/wentworth-kersey,27942/

WESTWORD review of EP (O)

+"...a second EP of eccentric, atmospheric cowboy pop..."

+"The pithy tunes are so dense that none of them feels incomplete. Instead, their brevity simply underscores the ephemeral nature of even the most profound ideas."

...to read the rest of the review by Eryc Eyl, click here...

http://www.westword.com/2009-05-14/music/wentworth-kersey&page=1

Wentworth Kersey Video

Here is the new video for the song "Wealth" off our new EP (O) ...



...to purchase EP (O) visit www.cdbaby.com

EP (O)...out MAY 17th, 2009

Come back on May 17th and also see the first Wentworth Kersey video made by Jason of george&caplin...

::INTERVIEW with SWITCHBLADE COMB::

"Wentworth Kersey are an interesting combo from Denver, Colorado. Dusty, alt-country that swims in Eno-esque ambiance and glitch. It makes for music that’s otherworldly and antiquated sounding, but still possesses a slow and quiet beauty. More so, it that made me intrigued enough to want to discover more about its makers."

read interview here...

http://www.switchbladecomb.com/interview/wentworthkersey/

::POPmatters:: ...REVIEW...

8 out of 10

+"...an ideal soundtrack to the disintegration of the American Dream. The music on their EP O is the sound of dreams deferred and lessons learned. Acoustic guitar, electronic atmospherics, and world-weary vocals create a certain windswept beauty that meshes well with these downtrodden economic times."

+"The backing electronics from Stevens never threaten to overwhelm Sampson’s clear vocals and concise arrangements—an achievement of restraint that push these folk songs into transcendent territory. The tracks here wash in and recede before staying too long, adding to the EP’s ephemeral, mysterious nature. This eminently listenable release provides a compelling reason to anticipate two follow-up EPs promised in 2009."

TO READ MORE CLICK HERE...

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/70545-wentworth-kersey-o/

::Donnybrook Writing Academy review::

+"This little EP and its sad melodies, simple message of heartbreak, and simmering production has slyly burrowed deep into my black little heart."

+"But with O, released on Plastic Sound Supply Records, Jeff Wentworth Stevens’ echoing sound bytes and layered production only add to the songs that Joe Kersey Sampson sings with pulsating humanity. Like a picture collage that forms a larger image when viewed from far away, they use these very different elements to create a uniform feel."

to read more...

http://godonnybrook.com/home/?p=1699

WeNtWOrtH KeRSEY now on...

ITUNES, AMAZON, EMUSIC, RHAPSODY, etc.

::CAUSE=TIME review::

"The new S/T EP from Denver's Wentworth Kersey is like Little House on the Prairie on ludes meets 2001." 

Thanks CAUSE = TIME for your support!!!

review posted here...

http://julioenriquez.blogspot.com/search?q=wentworth+kersey

::Moovers & Shakers of 2008 (Westword Magazine)::

Wentworth Kersey, Wentworth Kersey (Plastic Sound Supply). George & Caplin's Jeffrey Stevens turns the so-called Denver sound on its ear by painstakingly building it from scratch with a tackle box full of electronic gadgetry. The austere and honest songs of acclaimed songwriter Joe Sampson provide the beautiful beating heart for this unexpectedly poignant and successful collaboration. — Eyl

see full article here...

Moover's and Shakers of 2008

Antwerpen, Belgium 106.7 FM "Psyche van het folk" SHOW

+ "The lyrics which grasped me immediately were from the last track, “Impressed?” with the line like “did you pretend you were only a friend ? I wish I had”. The dramatic ambient vocal choir which is arranged to it is equally impressive and effective. A very strong debut. Highly recommended."
+ "...while it still can be described within the range of new Americana, but then it still sounds different to any other album I have heard before that I would describe as being associated with this style."

CHECK OUT THE REVIEW HERE...
http://www.radiocentraal.be/Realescape/
http://singersong.homestead.com/WenthworthKersey.html

::WENTWORTH KERSEY in THE DENVER POST::

HERE's WHAT THEY'RE SAYING about EP O...

+"The songs that make up the band's new EP are equal parts Sampson (and his love of wistful, Tweedy- esque country musings) and Stevens (and his obsession with ambient, otherworldly sounds), making for a lush, meditative outing." 11/07/08

CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE HERE...

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10908960

::WENTWORTH KERSEY featured in THE WESTWORD magazine::

HERE's WHAT THEY ARE SAYING about...EP O...

"...the record hardly sounds electronic at all. With the exception of one instrumental, composed and created entirely by Stevens, each track is built on Sampson's poignant songwriting, delicate vocal phrasing and diaphanous melodies that borrow from country, folk and indie rock."

 "...he jumped through innumerable electronic hoops and logged countless hours trying to match his entirely synthetic sonic landscapes to Sampson's unassuming and organic sound. The resulting illusion of an entire alt-folk ensemble is seamless and captivating."

"Stevens's electronic wizardry has essentially created Sampson's ideal backing band. The real power of the project, however, comes from the fact that each of the musicians has such a different background."

CHECK OUT THE FULL ARTICLE HERE...

http://www.westword.com/2008-11-06/music/jeffrey-stevens-helps-joe-sampson-bring-his-songs-to-life/