Wesley Eisold

Wesley Eisold
Background information
Born (1979-02-15) February 15, 1979
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Genres Hardcore punk, grindcore, synthpop, dark wave
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, poet
Instruments Vocals, synthesizer
Years active 1995 (1995)–present
Labels Bridge 9, Deathwish, Epitaph, Equal Vision, Heartworm, Matador
Associated acts Cold Cave, Give Up the Ghost, Some Girls, XO Skeletons

Wesley Eisold (born February 15, 1979) is an American musician, poet and author. He records music under the name Cold Cave, and runs the publishing house Heartworm Press.

Biography

Wesley Eisold performs his music under the name Cold Cave.

He is an alumnus of the hardcore punk groups and noise rock bands American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost, Some Girls, XO Skeletons and Ye Olde Maids.

He has performed in less traditional music venues such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Getty Center.

According to the Guardian, "Wesley Eisold is an absolutely new, young god of nihilism and despair – he brilliantly captures Cold Cave's aesthetic: the Morrissey of How Soon Is Now wailing over Nitzer Ebb beats and New Order melodies."[1]

After a public row over alleged plagiarism, Eisold is now given songwriting credits for Fall Out Boy's songs "The Carpal Tunnel of Love", "Golden", and "Bang the Doldrums" from the album Infinity on High.[2][3] On Fall Out Boy's 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree, Eisold is credited as 'Inspirador.[4][5]

In 2006, Eisold was published in the Columbia Journal and in August 2007, he released his first collection of poems and prose, Deathbeds.[6] He has also worked with Eric Paul of Arab On Radar's poetry collection, I Offered Myself As The Sea, as well as Genesis P-Orridge, Jonathan Shaw, Boyd Rice, Chris Leo, and Max G. Morton.[7]

He currently lives in Los Angeles and runs Heartworm Press, an independent publishing company.

In 2011 and 2012, Eisold performed live as a member of Prurient.

In more recent years, Eisold has strayed away from the hardcore music scene, and refocused his mentality towards musical genres. Eisold claimed in an interview that missing a hand has ruled out guitar and drums in terms of instruments, so he began to try "making music with synths and pedals" which ended up feeling comfortable. He also noted that his songwriting process had changed after being removed from the traditional band scene, and writing alone by himself.[8]

Eisold produced and recorded songs on Boyd Rice's 2012 album, Back To Mono, released on Mute Records.[9] They collaborated live in 2013.[10]

In 2014, Eisold collaborated with Russian/American fashion designer Alexandre Plokhov on a shirt design for his Fall/Winter 2014 collection.[11]

Also in 2014, Eisold collaborated with techno musician Black Asteroid and fashion designer Rick Owens on the Black Asteroid release and video of the song 'Black Moon.' [12]

Heartworm Press

In 2006, Eisold founded the independent publishing company, Heartworm Press. Eisold decided to run a publishing company because of his interest in writing and bringing zines to shows, and listed Exact Change, Grove Press, 2.13.61 and New Directions Publishing as influential publishers.[13] In addition to releasing some of Eisold's writings and various releases from Cold Cave, Heartworm has also released items from Boyd Rice, Eric Paul, Jonathan Shaw and Genesis P-Orridge.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Paul Lester. "New band of the day - 613: Cold Cave". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fall Out Boy borrows lyrics from American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost". Punknews.org. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Corey Apar. "Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Message - AbsolutePunk.net". Absolutepunk.net. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "From Under the Cork Tree Bonus Tracks by Fall Out Boy @ARTISTdirect". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Archived March 29, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Archived February 14, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Gothamist". Gotamist.com. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "MUTE • Non • announces the release of a new album, ‘Back To Mono’". MUTE. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Boyd Rice and Cold Cave announce June tour - Music News - Tiny Mix Tapes". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gothamist".
  12. ↑ http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/videos/music-videos/black-asteroids-new-video-is-purely-industrial. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ Brandon (October 28, 2009). "Quit Your Day Job: Cold Cave". Stereogum. Buzz Media. Retrieved April 13, 2013.

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