“As Entrance, Guy Blakeslee has cut recordings of acoustic blues and uncorked rock that feels plugged into a bolt of lightning. His allegiance isn’t to genre but to the pursuit of artistic liberation through psychedelia, his wavering muse guided by a fervid warble forever hinting at madness, and by a wayward guitar that he plays, with a touch of poetry, upside down.” - The New Yorker 

Emerging from the pre-internet post-hardcore scene of the late 90’s, Entrance (born Guy Blakeslee) began singing his lysergic blues and mystic troubadour folk in the underground venues of Baltimore and Chicago in 2002. The early 2000’s saw him touring extensively in the US, the UK  and Europe, supporting like-minded artists such as Devendra Banhart, Cat Power, Will Oldham and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 

Inspired in equal measure by the eerie falsetto of Skip James and the acid edged poetry of ’66 Dylan (and frizzy haired disciples like Buckley, Bolan & Barrett), Entrance was an integral voice at the vanguard of what became known as “freak folk,” or “the New Weird America.”

The first two  Entrance albums “The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm” and “Honey Moan” were made in collaboration with producer Chris Coady. Originally released by Tiger Style, both are now receiving an archival reboot from the Numero Group. 

Since the early days of Entrance, Blakeslee has explored a surprisingly vast array of musical identities, from the cosmic blues of 2004’s “Wandering  Stranger” (Fat Possum) and the heavily electrified concept album “Prayer Of Death,”  (2006) to serving for a decade as frontman for Los Angeles psych-rock legends The Entrance Band. “Book of Changes,” (Thrill Jockey, 2017)  channeled the ghosts of Roy Orbison and Leonard Cohen and landed him onstage in support of Spiritualized and Father John Misty. 

Further solo albums ( as Guy Blakeslee) include 2021’s “Postcards From the Edge”  and 2024’s ambient opus “EXTRAVISION,” which emerged in the wake of a life altering brain injury during a prolonged period of self-healing through sound and music.