The New Celeste Corsano Number Shellfish Sounds Like Kate Bush And Blondie Made Music Together

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The New Celeste Corsano Number Shellfish Sounds Like Kate Bush And Blondie Made Music Together

2/12/2025

Celeste Corsano
Shellfish
Philadelphia

In the Tri-State area of Philadelphia, where Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania meet in one giant metropolitan area, we find the enchanting voice of Celeste Corsano. She was drawn into music with a love of artists like Kate Bush and Tori Amos plus Brian Eno and Fairpoint Convention. It’s a seriously marbled mix of musical ingredients that creates the slice of angel cake we’re about to enjoy. Shellfish is the fifth single released in her run of productions on the Magic Door Record Label. Making the music happen is electric guitar wizard James Mastro. Recording music producer Ray Ketchem helped to make the record and provided percussion and drums. Bass and acoustic guitar were provided by the talented David Nagler, who has credits with Nova Social, Joan Baez, and Roseanne Cash, plus many others. Celeste hired her own brother Chris to do the artwork; he’s worked for Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Bjork before now. Magical and mysterious, with a little bit of back-combed pop, It's Shellfish.

It opens with a dramatic vocal, her pitch reaches the notes only women can, and the lyrics craft a woven magical patchwork story. There’s a sudden fluster of music; the melodies dance and twirl like gymnastic ribbons, twirling among choreographed jumps. As we listen, the abstract music pushes through, selfish shellfish, and lots of punchy rock n roll verses that soar along waves and currents of electric guitar. Projections of sounds, operatic moments, and folk-eyed knowing looks at the human condition; Celeste Corsano bursts through and refuses to go unnoticed.

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