Stephen Steinbrink, Avalon Tassonyi

Stephen Steinbrink is an American songwriter and producer. The majority of his youth was spent living an improvised and experimental existence, making music in the fabled west coast DIY music community. Currently living in Oakland, CA, he splits his time between songwriting, production, and his career as a stained glass conservator.

Since 2007, Steinbrink has released eight LPs of his own brand of strange folk pop music on Western Vinyl and Melodic records, and has collaborated onstage and in the studio with Boy Scouts, Dear Nora, Girlpool, AJJ, LAKE, and many others.

“Recalls the magic pop purity of Arthur Russell… its minimalism manages to feel enlightened and transformative.” -Pitchfork

“Lushly arranged pop songs, the listener can tie and untie Steinbrink’s vivid and unrelated images into something meaningful” -NPR

with Avalon Tassonyi