Rebecca Gates is a US based musician, curator, artist and editor. She has released five albums, three as leader of the critically acclaimed group The Spinanes (Sub Pop), toured internationally, and appeared on numerous records by artists as wide ranging as The Decemberists. Akito Katayose and Willie Nelson. Her 2012 release The Float (12XU/Parcematone Presents) is a diary of time and travel recorded in six cities over seven years and features members of The Jicks, Thee Silver Mt Zion, Califone, Wild Flag and Tortoise + more: the Consortium.

"When I started playing solo, I went through a period where I became obsessed with how little sound I could make live. How quiet can I be and still have the shape of the song exist? With the new album, I knew that I wanted a rock and roll record but I also wanted to bring some of that stillness in." - Paris Review

"The Float is an astonishing record by any measure." - Dusted

"The Float touches on everything from elegant chamber-pop to slow-churn guitar rock. Gates’ dusky voice and elliptical lyrics have never sounded more haunting." - Chicago Tribune

“Whether folding Memphis R&B into slacker bedroom laments or post-rock abstractions into catchy pop, she nails the ennui of lovesick transitions and physical displacements with a marksman’s aim. And she might just possess the sexiest voice in rock.” – Entertainment Weekly