Illegal Crowns - Unclosing OUT NOW!

Illegal Crowns - Unclosing (OOYH 020) is OUT NOW! A new track is streaming everywhere, this one from guitarist Mary Halvorson, called Osmosis Crown. There's a lot of great recent press below, and we are so excited to share this awesome music with you! Super amazing album art + design + layout by TJ Huff (huffart.com). Head over to the Bandcamp link below to take a listen! Thanks so much to everyone who has already supported this music!

Illegal Crowns is: Benoît Delbecq, Mary Halvorson, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Tomas Fujiwara.

“The dynamics of this quartet highlight a rare and profound deep listening, complete trust and supporting one another through every unexpected turn […] Unclosing is one of the great albums of 2023.” —Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts

**** “A spectacular avant-jazz outfit. These four passionate improvisers form a rich sonic identity. Don’t let the numerous delicacies fool you into thinking that this is something you’ve heard before.” —Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail

“Where cooperative art, aesthetic heterogeneity and procedural solidarity concur, Unclosing emerges in an exemplary manner.” —El Intruso

“When a quartet of four of the finest in the current jazz vanguard convene to make a record, it’s time to sit up and take notice. Illegal Crowns’ new set of recordings Unclosing is the maximal, forward-minded jazz that results when everyone in the band is advanced composers and prodigious improvisers.” —S. Victor Aaron, Something Else! Reviews