Ethan Gruska and Bon Iver have shared a new single called “So Unimportant.” The track is a long-distance, early pandemic collaboration that features strings from Rob Moose and percussion from Blake Mills and Matt Chamberlain. It’s part of the Psychic Hotline singles series. Give it a listen below.
“The fact that I now have a song with Justin [Vernon of Bon Iver] just completely blows my mind,” Gruska said in a statement. “He’s been my pie in the sky // I’d do anything to collaborate with artist for a really long time and having this song together is one of the most special things that has ever happened to me in my musical life. Life in general! Justin is my favorite pen pal, person and artist, and I’m so grateful to have made this together!”
“My dear friend and great drummer, JT Bates, showed me the music of Ethan Gruska a number of years ago,” Vernon added. “It’s not often that something IMMEDIATELY grasps you where you stand like his music did. It only happens a few times in one’s life. Ethan’s musicality and touch has magic in it. We have not yet met in person, but have exchanged the longest, flirtiest texts in history. I hope to be near the mine of his mind for as long as possible. This song is just the first thing I threw at the wall. He scraped it off that wall, and turned it into a song I’ll appreciate forever.”
Ethan Gruska is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who is well known for his work with Phoebe Bridgers, performing across and co-producing both Stranger in the Alps and Punisher. In January 2020, Gruska shared his second solo album, En Garde, which included the Bridgers collaboration “Enough for Now.”
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