Tenci

Tenci began as Jess Shoman’s bedroom-folk project in Chicago in December 2018.

With the help of Spencer Radcliffe and Tina Scarpello it quickly became something more fully-formed. By spring of 2019 they’d recorded their debut My Heart Is An Open Field, which is out now via Keeled Scales.

The current lineup of Tenci includes Chicago musicians she met playing some of her earliest shows. Curt Oren plays saxophone, flute, and guitar. Isabel Reidy (of Izzy True) plays bass, and Joseph Farago (of Joey Nebulous) plays drums. They’ve added a depth and playfulness to the songs that have made them even bigger and full of life.

(Photo Credit: Ashleigh Dye)

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Tenci Will Never Get Sick of Love Is Overtaking Me

By Tenci | July 6, 2020

Tenci Will Never Get Sick of Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell gave Jess Shoman the confidence to feel “like an open sore” on her new record.