Releases

May 27th 2022

How Beautiful It’s Been features five songs and four instrumentals, which serve as soundscape meditations between each lyrical offering. Several of the instrumentals, such as “2 Rights Make A Chicken”, showcase the Celtic influence in the band, with gorgeous cello and fiddle melodies calling Alisdair Fraser and Natalie Haas recordings to mind. In this context, however, they are also accompanied by rhythmic and arpeggiated mandolin and guitar, emerging into improvised solos before returning to the melodic backbone of the tune.

March 5th 2021

Caribou Party comes out of a time of global crisis, after displacement and a newfound abundance of time. This music sits in a proud place in the heart of Corner House. The hope is that the minute your finger touches play, you feel the gravity the band felt listening to the notes leave their little music boxes. Come celebrate as this small blessing is released in the middle of a chaotic upset in human history, and know that we all still have the capacity to be grateful for ourselves, for love, and for the music that we share with one another.

September 13th, 2019

Smart Folks is the first EP from Corner House which includes Casey Murray on cello and claw-hammer banjo, and is a diverse mix of sounds and textures, songs and tunes. The first cut, a collection of Irish slip jigs (Farewell to Whaley Range and Soggy’s Slip Jig) combines swirling melody and counterpoint. Following that is one of two Hawkins-penned tunes on the recording. Happy Now is a musing on family and depression, brought to life by the band. The title track, Smart Folks, penned by Setiawan, works with odd phrase lengths and a singing melody to create a unique profile, characteristic to his writing. The album closes with a banjo tune by Murray. Through the Snow-Covered Pines evokes the Appalachian string-band side of the band, finishing the album on an uplifting note.
The tunes and songs that make up Smart Folks came to be over a period of several months, before being committed to recordings in March 2019.

Singles

released October 1, 2021

Written by Ethan Hawkins
Engineered by Peter Atkinson at Blue Jay Studios, March 2020
Mixed and mastered by Ethan Setiawan, Sassafras Hill Records
Artwork by Louise Bichan

released July 17, 2021

Recorded in Massachusetts in March of 2020.
Written by Casey Murray
Engineered by Peter Atkinson
Mixed and mastered by Ethan Setiawan
Video by Louise Bichan

South of the City

The second single from “How Beautiful It’s Been” released in 2022.

Featuring Viktor Krauss on bass and Jordan Perlson on drums.
Written by Ethan Hawkins, arranged by Corner House with Maeve Gilchrist. Produced by Maeve Gilchrist, engineered by Eli Crews at Spillway Sounds, mastered by Dave Sinko. Video by Eli Gilbert, filmed at the Jug Hill Gallery, Cornish, Maine, with huge thanks to Mike and Linda Cox.

Mayfly

Mayfly, written by Ethan Setiawan, arranged by Corner House. Filmed at the Burren in Somerville MA, by Micah Nicol, audio by Ethan Setiawan.

Angel Falls

The third single from “How Beautiful It’s Been.”

Written by Ethan Hawkins and Ethan Setiawan, arranged by Corner House with Maeve Gilchrist. Produced by Maeve Gilchrist, engineered and mixed by Eli Crews at Spillway Sounds, mastered by Dave Sinko.
Stop-motion animation by Louise Bichan. Public domain images and video sourced with help from Hannah Baker. Inspiration for the instrumental section came from the intro to the Netflix series "On the Verge," created by stop-motion animator Mathieu Maillefer.

"Two Rights Make A Chicken" live

“Two Rights Make a Chicken” written by Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan, arranged by Corner House. Filmed by Doug Plummer, at his house concert series in Washington.

Mags' 21st

The first single from “How Beautiful It’s Been.”

Written by Louise Bichan, arranged by Corner House with Maeve Gilchrist. Produced by Maeve Gilchrist, engineered by Eli Crews at Spillway Sounds, mastered by Dave Sinko. Video by Dylan Ladds, featuring Hannah Baker, Clara Rose , Summer McCall, Ellie MacPhee, Sam Powers, Trevin Nelson, Ben Roberts, Molly Tucker and Korey Brodsky. Thanks to Ellie and the Brighton House folks for letting us invade their space for an evening!

Grass And Peas

Written by Casey Murray and Ethan Hawkins, arranged by Corner House. Filmed by Eli Gilbert.

Sgòthan Fada (Far Clouds)

A single, released in 2021. Written by Casey Murray, arranged by Corner House. Engineered by Peter Atkinson, mixed and mastered by Ethan Setiawan. Video by Louise Bichan.

Corner House live on WTJU

Momma

The opening track from “How Beautiful It’s Been.” Written by Ethan Hawkins, arranged by Corner House. Filmed by Louise Bichan, sound by Ethan Setiawan, thanks to the Cock N’ Bull Restaurant in Glens Falls, NY.

Kids Today (Explicit)

A single, released in 2021. Written by Ethan Hawkins, arranged by Corner House. Engineered by Peter Atkinson at Blue Jay Studios, March 2020. Mixed and mastered by Ethan Setiawan, Sassafras Hill Records. Filmed by Eli Gilbert. Single artwork by Louise Bichan.

NPR Tiny Desk Contest: "Angel Falls"

Our entry into the NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

"Snow on the Rooftop/The Fallen Squirrel" wsg Darol Anger

The second singled from “Caribou Party” released in 2021.

"Snow on the Rooftop" written by Louise Bichan and "The Fallen Squirrel" written by Ethan Setiawan. Arranged by Corner House. Filmed by Louise Bichan and recorded by Ethan Setiawan on a beautiful farm in Pennsylvania, with huge thanks to the Irion family.

Corner House 'Door County #2'

Filmed in 2018 in Massachusetts, by Louise Bichan, with sound by Ethan Setiawan.

Grass and Peas live

Filmed by Less Than Face Productions, at Ossipee Valley Music Festival in 2021.

The Man Who Shot the Windmill

“The Man Who Shot the Windmill” written by Phil Cunningham. Filmed by Louise Bichan on a beach in Oregon.

They Stole My Wife Last Night

Traditional Scottish melody “They Stole My Wife Last Night” arranged by Corner House. Filmed by Louise Bichan, sound by Ethan Setiawan. With thanks to Chris Miller for the space.

"Snow on the Rooftop/The Fallen Squirrel" wsg Darol Anger