Find Letter X, the eponymous release from the Brooklyn-based band led by drummer/composer Kate Gentile featuring saxophonist Jeremy Viner, pianist Matt Mitchell, and bassist Kim Cass. Gentile’s 2021 release Snark Horse, co-led with Mitchell, was a gargantuan six-volume set that Downbeat called “Monumental… Creating an abstract galaxy from scratch, they sound like they know every black hole and supercluster in the place.”

The similarly ambitious new work – across three densely packed volumes housed in a custom-designed package – bursts with inventive details and dramatic arcs. Each disc contains a distinct thematic identity while simultaneously contributing to a larger narrative trajectory. Meticulously constructed and highly intentional, Find Letter X is a wide-ranging exploration of diverse sonics and contrasting forms: a vibrant feedback loop of virtuosic improvisational and compositional ingenuity entirely unified by Gentile’s singular musical aesthetic.

PERSONNEL
KATE GENTILE
drums, vibraphone, compositions
JEREMY VINER
tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
MATT MITCHELL
piano, prophet-6, modular synths, electronics
KIM CASS
acoustic & electric bass

TRACKLIST
CD1
iridian alphabet - pulse capsule 1:12
iridian alphabet - laugh magic 6:56
iridian alphabet - find letter X :08
iridian alphabet - subsurface 10:27
iridian alphabet - recursive access 5:46
iridian alphabet - the new basics 2:27
iridian alphabet - in casks 9:53
iridian alphabet - ore whorls 3:41
iridian alphabet - stelliform lamellae 1:10
iridian alphabet - prismatoid 4:15
iridian alphabet - contrarianism 3:46
iridian alphabet - prescience 1:34
iridian alphabet - Erinome 4:24
iridian alphabet - the 5th clone 7:34
iridian alphabet - invisible wolves 3:17

CD2
senseless - r.a.t.b.o.t.B 4:59
senseless - raze 8:29
senseless - nine fog 1:26
senseless - garbage juice 4:08
senseless - ...va zisroas 7:04
senseless - blanket 1:02
senseless - zislupme tnilyive tsoam ath 4:03
senseless - clovd 8 6:34
senseless - smother :56
senseless - importunate babble 7:42
senseless - four-bladed :39
senseless - dissolution 3:15
senseless - offing 1:47
senseless - Jupiter vs. the Sun 10:10

CD3
the cosmic brain - psychoradiant 9:48
the cosmic brain - clarion fluorescent 5:31
the cosmic brain - Q quiet :39
the cosmic brain - eternal lapse 5:03
the cosmic brain - bask 4:31
the cosmic brain - effulgence 1:01
the cosmic brain - spectrescope 8:27
the cosmic brain - quantum exits 13:39
the cosmic brain - epitome 2:57
the cosmic brain - open epoch 5:59
the cosmic brain - synaptic blazes 8:28
the cosmic brain - supergiant incineration 1:22