Biography
From her early partnerships with leading independent bands during the mid-2000s onward, Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nedelle Torrisi has cultivated a reputation for inventive, genre-blending work that merges dream pop, R&B, jazz, and folk elements.
Torrisi’s upbringing featured a father who played jazz drums and a mother skilled on classical piano, so she immersed herself in several instruments from an early age, taking up violin, piano, and guitar. Those experiences soon prompted her to write and arrange original songs, culminating in the May 2003 release of her Republic of Two debut. A 2004 duet project with Thom Moore appeared under the title Summerland, while her second solo effort, From the Lion’s Mouth, arrived the following year. In 2006 she contributed to the Curtains’ album Calamity, and in 2007 she issued her third solo record, The Locksmith Cometh. Once the Curtains disbanded, Torrisi joined forces with the group’s founder Chris Cohen to form Cryptacize; the duo produced two albums, Dig That Treasure in 2008 and Mythomania in 2009, before parting ways. Throughout this era and afterward she lent her skills to projects by Xiu Xiu, Half-Handed Cloud, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, and additional artists, and she later joined Sufjan Stevens’ touring ensemble once Cryptacize ended.
Her fourth album took shape alongside Kenny Gilmore, a colleague from Ariel Pink’s circle. After an extended two-year creation process that involved the loss of a laptop inside a Russian taxicab, the self-titled Nedelle Torrisi surfaced online in late summer 2013. That same year she launched the online Advice from Paradise platform, pairing romantic and dating counsel with curated indie-song suggestions drawn from letters sent by readers. The site’s growing traction helped spotlight her music further. She supported Of Montreal on tour in late 2014, and in February 2015 the 2013 album received a broader physical release under the revised title Advice from Paradise. A United Kingdom edition appeared in summer 2016, appended with an EP of piano-and-vocal renditions. While based in Los Angeles, Torrisi simultaneously shaped her next collection by reshaping early demos into a polished set of lovelorn indie R&B and pop material. Working in tandem with co-producer Billy Uomo of Babes, she unveiled the sleek Only for You in spring 2018.
Torrisi’s upbringing featured a father who played jazz drums and a mother skilled on classical piano, so she immersed herself in several instruments from an early age, taking up violin, piano, and guitar. Those experiences soon prompted her to write and arrange original songs, culminating in the May 2003 release of her Republic of Two debut. A 2004 duet project with Thom Moore appeared under the title Summerland, while her second solo effort, From the Lion’s Mouth, arrived the following year. In 2006 she contributed to the Curtains’ album Calamity, and in 2007 she issued her third solo record, The Locksmith Cometh. Once the Curtains disbanded, Torrisi joined forces with the group’s founder Chris Cohen to form Cryptacize; the duo produced two albums, Dig That Treasure in 2008 and Mythomania in 2009, before parting ways. Throughout this era and afterward she lent her skills to projects by Xiu Xiu, Half-Handed Cloud, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, and additional artists, and she later joined Sufjan Stevens’ touring ensemble once Cryptacize ended.
Her fourth album took shape alongside Kenny Gilmore, a colleague from Ariel Pink’s circle. After an extended two-year creation process that involved the loss of a laptop inside a Russian taxicab, the self-titled Nedelle Torrisi surfaced online in late summer 2013. That same year she launched the online Advice from Paradise platform, pairing romantic and dating counsel with curated indie-song suggestions drawn from letters sent by readers. The site’s growing traction helped spotlight her music further. She supported Of Montreal on tour in late 2014, and in February 2015 the 2013 album received a broader physical release under the revised title Advice from Paradise. A United Kingdom edition appeared in summer 2016, appended with an EP of piano-and-vocal renditions. While based in Los Angeles, Torrisi simultaneously shaped her next collection by reshaping early demos into a polished set of lovelorn indie R&B and pop material. Working in tandem with co-producer Billy Uomo of Babes, she unveiled the sleek Only for You in spring 2018.
Albums
Singles
