Thor Harris has become a legend for his multi-instrumentalist work with artists like Swans, Shearwater, Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, and Shahzad Ismaily. A Renaissance man of sorts, he’s also a master carpenter, plumber, and woodworker, in addition to being a staunch advocate for mental health with a strong and vibrant social media presence.
While adept at string, percussion, and wind instruments, it was a marimba, gifted to him by producer John Congleton, that inspired Harris to move away from the sound of previous projects and create the luminous Thor & Friends, whose fifth album, Heathen Spirituals, continues their fascinating journey through ambient, minimalist, and occasionally atonal sounds.

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