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<\/p>\nDulci Ellenberger and her musical associates have been something of a moving target lately. For several years, the Asheville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist fronted Holy Ghost Tent Revival, the seven-person, ragtime-jazz-meets-rock band. That same lineup (which included bassist Kevin Williams and drummer Ross Montsinger) also booked shows under the name Big Sound Harbor, playing a set built around Ellenberger\u2019s original songs.<\/p>\n
But in 2019 Holy Ghost Tent Revival shifted musical gears, adopted a more soul-focused sound, and changed its name to Moves. And now \u2013 just over a year later \u2013 what Ellenberger describes as the \u201ccore\u201d of the band is re-branding again<\/i>, this time calling itself Fwuit.<\/p>\n
If that all seems a bit confusing, Ellenberger insists that the motivation behind it all is straightforward. \u201cThis trio \u2013 Kevin, Ross and myself \u2013 just kept playing a bunch of shows that were [only] suitable for a trio,\u201d she explains. \u201cAnd the three of us were able to dedicate full-time to touring.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Of course, thanks to the pandemic, there\u2019s no touring going on at present. But Fwuit has put together a self-titled, digital-only EP of its original music. With a streamlined sound that follows on from what Moves did last year on its soul- and r&b-influenced self-titled album, Fwuit<\/i> is sophisticated soul pop.<\/p>\n
The EP\u2019s <\/span><\/span>\u201cSpark<\/span><\/span>l<\/span><\/span>ing Water\u201d has a sleek, <\/span><\/span>urbane<\/span><\/span> vibe, with Ellenberger\u2019s sterling, assured lead vocal ably supported by subtle instrumental backing. <\/span><\/span>Featuring lead vocals from Williams, \u201cChrome Canyon\u201d splits the difference between singer-songwriter and country soul styles. The radio-ready \u201cOnly Got One\u201d is reminiscent of Lake Street Dive. <\/span><\/span>A<\/span><\/span>nd <\/span><\/span>all the music on Fwuit\u2019s eight-song release <\/span><\/span>is paired with a positivist lyrical perspective. \u201cOur guiding inspiration is to create content that we find meaningful,\u201d Ellenberger says. \u201cHopefully it\u2019s a reflection of what\u2019s happening in the world around us, <\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>helps people feel more connected and able to process how they\u2019re feeling about it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Though the EP soft-pedals it \u2013 favoring instead a more serious, thoughtful ambiance \u2013 a lighthearted attitude is at the center of the trio\u2019s approach. Fwuit got its start as the musical component of LaZoom\u2019s \u201cBand and Beer\u201d bus tour of Asheville. \u201cWe like to call ourselves \u2018Fwuit of LaZoom,\u2019\u201d Ellenberger says with a laugh. \u201cWhat we found in that environment was a fun balance of improvisation between the host of the tour and the band.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The group continues to tinker with the details: when it began, the group had an exclamation point as part of its name. And while the EP is digital-only, videos for all the songs are in the works, and a physical release of <\/span><\/span>Fwuit<\/i><\/span><\/span> remains a future possibility. And the trio plans to launch a Patreon <\/span><\/span>(fan subscription\/membership program) <\/span><\/span>page soon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And w<\/span><\/span>hile the compact Fwuit lineup is poised to return to active live-concert duty as soon as it\u2019s safe and practical to do so, the group formerly known as Moves still exists as well. \u201cWe will always have the bigger band for bigger events,\u201d Ellenberger says. \u201cWe like the idea of being able to expand and contract.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dulci Ellenberger and her musical associates have been something of a moving target lately. For several years, the Asheville-based singer-songwriter-guitarist fronted Holy Ghost Tent Revival, the seven-person, ragtime-jazz-meets-rock band. That […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,49,51,69],"tags":[237,4340],"class_list":["post-19844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-new-release","category-pop","category-soul","tag-asheville","tag-fwuit","cat-41-id","cat-49-id","cat-51-id","cat-69-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19845,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19844\/revisions\/19845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}