If their record label’s (@paradiseofbachelors) one-sheet is to be believed, Durham supergroup Setting’s (@settingsounds)...

If their record label’s (@paradiseofbachelors) one-sheet is to be believed, Durham supergroup Setting’s (@settingsounds) music sounds like “a UFO slowly sinking into a peat bog.” Setting does make droney process music that unfolds slowly over time, and they do combine otherworldly sounds with earthy acoustic textures, so… the codes check out. A trio featuring Jaime Fennelly (Mind Over Mirrors), Nathan Bowles (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers, Nathan Bowles Trio) and Joe Westerlund (Califone, Sylvan Esso, solo), no one in North Carolina is combining electronic and organic textures quite like Setting. Their first LP SHONE A RAINBOW LIGHT ON (2022) was followed by two live releases, SETTING AT BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE (2023) and SETTING AT EULOGY in Asheville (2024), and they’re almost done with their next studio LP, recorded at Drops of Sun Recording Studio. The band was gracious enough to answer the Come Hear NC Artist Questionnaire, and you can read their thoughtful responses in the blog linked in our bio! Image 1 - 3: Setting band shots, Image 1 and 3: Graham Tolbert, @grahamtlbrtfoto; Image 2: Will Warsalia, @willwarasila