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Gwen Wolfenbarger is behind one of Colorado College\u2019s most unique sounds. Also known as Seal Eggs, her new album Sunday Will be Snow<\/em> is a beautifully ethereal collection of layered and looped tracks, she describes as \u201cdrinking Sleepytime Vanilla tea\u2026.\u201d that truly \u201csounds like winter.\u201d<\/p>\n I remember the first time I saw Gwen perform in Cornerstone last year, I was brought to tears during her performance of \u201cOne Day\u201d, which is featured on the new album. She drew on many inspirations during the composition process, one of the most important being the\u00a0journey of understanding her transition,\u00a0which expresses itself thematically through the development of the tracks. Gwen describes the progression of the tracks to reflect her transition: \u201cbegins hopefully, kind of sinks into depression through the middle, and then ends on another positive note\u2026I think the most depressing part is dysphoria\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n Gwen\u2019s process of composing, recording and performance is extremely unique. During composition, Gwen describes the process as a \u201csnowball effect\u201d. Sound-layer upon layer build up after long periods of improvisation, to produce a sound she didn\u2019t plan out. Because of the complexity of her tracks, I am dumbfounded at her ability to reproduce this in live performance. During performance, she describes her experience: \u201cI forget that I\u2019m even performing for anyone, and so its incredibly jarring when at the end there\u2019s an applause\u2026I am extremely vulnerable to the memories and experience\u00a0of the transition.\u201d She describes getting lost in the music and the performance; music is her form of escape. The songs themselves are intimate and exposed, and this is clear through Gwen\u2019s raw emotion. It is a beautiful experience just to witness a Seal Eggs performance.<\/p>\n I asked Gwen about what music means to her and what she thinks it could do for others. Of course this is a big<\/em> question, but she comments on how music has always been the biggest and most important part of her\u00a0life. Even before she could play any instruments (which she plays many and if she doesn\u2019t, could learn in an unfair amount of time) baby Gwen was found chewing on her family\u2019s upright piano. To this day music envelops her life, \u201cI don\u2019t even know where I would be without it, music is my best friend.\u201d There are clear resonances of Gwen\u2019s musical background in choir throughout Sunday Will Be Snow<\/em>. Music frames Gwen\u2019s experiences of the world and in terms of her new album; music has been a very healing experience. It was not only a healing experience for Gwen, but as a huge fan of her music, a restorative experience for all listeners.<\/p>\n Catching up with Gwen on her new album also led to some entertaining responses about Sunday Will be Snow: <\/em><\/p>\n Q: \u201cIf you could collaborate with any musical artist who would they be?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n A: \u201cOne of my big influences, Grouper. She\u2019s a drone singer and guitarist from Portland who uses a lot of tape loops\u2026. A lot of it sounds like it\u2019s underwater.\u201d<\/p>\n Q: “What colors and shapes embody the essence of this album for you?”<\/strong><\/p>\n A: “Powdery blue and pink definitely, I mean those are the trans flag colors. Also warm colors like burgundy. Shapes would be spirals and circles.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" https:\/\/sealeggsmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/sunday-will-be-snow Gwen Wolfenbarger is behind one of Colorado College\u2019s most unique sounds. 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