Quietrise

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, March 27, 2015
8:00 pm

Quietrise is Joshua Garner and Xanna. Electronic Folk music from Madison Wisconsin. Born in Pennsylvania, and migrated and manipulated in the move to Wisconsin, Quietrise's sound is comparable with bands like Fischerspooner, Metric, and ChVrches. Its a mix of electronic beats, synth symphonies, and male/female vocal melodies. With songs about the complexities of human interaction and relationships, there is always new material to draw from. Quietrise just released "Anhedoniac" their sophmoric release after 2011's "Infinaught", and will be available at the show as well as online. Personable, approachable, and always wanting to put on a good show, Quietrise is worth your time.