K Van Petten

K Van Petten is a musician and poet who uses sounds and words to explore themes of multiplicity, queerness, and nostalgia, drawn inspiration from their experience as a queer, non-binary, Gemini, middle-child, from the midwest. 

K's music creates a cinematic indie folk rock experience infused with poetry, characterized by warm harmonies, filmic strings, electronic soundscapes and samples, and emotive storytelling. K started their performing journey as a musician-in-residence at a harbor bar in Chicago while living on a sailboat. They relocated to Seattle over a decade ago, and most recently authored and composed 'For Someone,' a cassette tape of poetry created during a residency at Centrum in Fort Worden, Port Townsend that explored an offset of the 200-million-gallon cistern deemed the 'Cistern Chapel'. The cassette tape is available at Elliott Bay Books, Light in the Attic Records at KEXP, and online at Hello America Stereo Cassette. One of their poems was adapted into a film showcased at Northwest Film Forum and selected for SIFF's NW Folklife Forum in 2023. They are currently working on their debut album of music and poetry set to release in 2024. Learn more at instagram.com/kvanpetten or kvanpetten.com