Mary Lattimore (Matinee Show)

Mary Lattimore is a harpist and composer living in Los Angeles. She 
experiments with her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand harp and effects. Her 
solo debut, *The Withdrawing Room*, was released in 2013 on Desire Path 
Recordings. Lattimore also writes harp parts for songs and recordings, 
performing and recording with such great artists as Meg Baird, Thurston 
Moore, Sharon Van Etten, Jarvis Cocker, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn, Ed Askew and 
Fursaxa.

Her 2014 record *Slant of Light* with guitarist/synth player/producer Jeff 
Zeigler was released by Thrill Jockey, which was followed by the two 
collaborating on a track for *Ghostly Swim 2*. Mary and Jeff also composed 
a score to Philippe Garrel's 1968 experimental silent film *Le Revelateur*, 
and debuted it in Marfa, Texas along with the film. Her debut solo record 
for Ghostly International, *At The Dam*, was recorded during stops along a 
road trip across America and released in March 2016. The next year, she 
compiled sounds from her past life in Philadelphia for a cassette tape 
titled *Collected Pieces*. Following an appearance at Moogfest, she was 
invited by Sigur Ros to perform at their festival, Norður og niður, in 
Iceland. During a break from those events, she was awarded a residency at 
the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco, where she recorded *Hundreds 
of Days*. 

Released in May 2018 to acclaim from the likes of NPR, Pitchfork, and The 
New Yorker, *Hundreds of Days* presented an expression of mystified 
gratitude for the natural world. She capped off the banner year — which 
included international tours with Iceage and Kurt Vile, a performance with 
Harold Budd at Big Ears Festival, and an appearance on Billboard’s New Age 
charts — with two collaborative albums released on Three Lobed Recordings, 
one with Meg Baird and the other with Mac McCaughan. In January 2019, she 
shared *Hundreds of Days Remixes*, a collection featuring reworks by Steve 
Moore, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Alex Somers, Paul Corley, and others.

*Silver Ladders*, her third LP on Ghostly, sees Lattimore arriving at her 
most confident work to date, expanding her style of instrumental 
storytelling with the help of producer and guitarist Neil Halstead 
(Slowdive, Mojave 3). Recorded in Halstead’s studio near an old English 
surftown just before lockdown, the songs on *Silver Ladders* reflect 
Lattimore’s vivid memories against the gloom and glimmer of the ocean.