EMILY RACH BEISEL: “Her Still Singing Limbs” Video From Chicago Avant Woodwind Composer Playing; Second LP, Sumptuous Branching, Nears April 10th Release Via Amalgam Alongside Midwest Tour

photo by Peter Gannushkin

Chicago-based soloist EMILY RACH BEISEL unveils a new single and intimate performance video for her newest song, “Her Still Singing Limbs.” The song marks the latest preview from her introspective second album, Sumptuous Branching, nearing release on Chicago’s avant/exploratory label Amalgam.

EMILY RACH BEISEL is a improviser, composer, educator, curator, and woodwind specialist. Known for visceral performances, blending extended vocal and instrumental techniques with analogue electronics, their music centers on the bass clarinet and incorporates voice, electronics, extended techniques, and other wind instruments creating a complex and nuanced soundscape in which the origins of sounds are often obscured. A Jazz Noise wrote, “heavy stuff, sounds retrieved from the deeper places… BEISEL pokes around in the sonic depths and brings leviathans out to play.” BEISEL holds a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 10-208 and is honored to be a 2024 3Arts Awardee in Music.

Sumptuous Branching sees EMILY RACH BEISEL performing all music, with bass clarinet, vocals, piccolo, and electronics coalescing in a singular, intriguing, somewhat theatrical flow. The album was recorded at Marmalade in Chicago by Bill Harris, mixed by Harris and BEISEL, mastered by Edward Hamel, and completed with artwork by mrfox.img and design by Harris and BEISEL.

The movements captured on Sumptuous Branching were inspired by the likes of Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s The Iliad, Guillaume de Machaut’s La Messe de Nostre Dame – the first complete, unified setting of the Mass – and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House Of Leaves.

“Her Still Singing Limbs” is now playing alongside an immersive performance video of the song filmed by Augustine Esterhammer-Fic. BEISEL reveals with the new song, “In ‘Her Still Singing Limbs,’ the piccolo is a lone voice that is refracted and echoed through the bass clarinet, creating ghostly voices that linger and growl.”

Watch EMILY RACH BEISEL perform “Her Still Singing Limbs” HERE and stream the song on Bandcamp HERE.

Sumptuous Branching will be released on LP and digital platforms through Amalgam on April 10th. Find preorders at Bandcamp HERE and the label webshop HERE, and watch the “Cantilevers” performance video HERE.

Expect additional videos and previews of the album to be posted over the days ahead.

A Midwest tour supporting the album has also been booked, with clusters of dates running from April 9th through May 11th, including a hometown release show for the album on April 10th, the day of the album’s release, with Mute Duo. See the confirmed dates below and expect additional live updates over the weeks ahead.

EMILY RACH BEISEL Sumptuous Branching Midwest Release Tour 2026:
4/09/2026 Harper College – Palatine, IL
4/10/2026 Constellation – Chicago, IL * Record Release Show w/ Mute Duo [tickets]
4/26/2026 Woodland Pattern – Milwaukee, WI
4/29/2026 Ziggy’s – Ypsilanti, MI
4/30/2026 Tranzac – Toronto, ON w/ Patrick O’Reilly
5/01/2026 Zula Presents – Hamilton, ON
5/02/2026 Sellers & Newel – Toronto, ON
5/03/2026 Trinosophes – Detroit, MI
5//07/2026 Rozz Tox – Rock Island, IL
5/08/2026 PS1 – Iowa City, IA
5/09/2026 Carnegie Art Center – Mankato, MN
5/10/2026 The Pattern Room – Minneapolis, MN w/ Liz Draper
5/11/2026 University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
5/12/2026 Art Lit Lab – Madison, WI