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(2008) Holed up in a rural cabin with minimal
recording gear and a houseful of instruments, Kris Delmhorst recorded
her new songs alone and off the clock, in late night sessions
that yielded layers of intimate vocals combined with nylon string
and electric guitars, cellos, keyboards, and percussion. She treated
the work like oil painting, allowing the canvas to breathe and
change over the course of many months until the picture emerged.
With the core of each song patiently assembled, she brought in
a diverse cast of players to add sparse backing lines of drums,
keys, guitar, and vinyl-based samples, and enlisted co-producer
Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter) in arrangement and mixing, coaxing
him meanwhile to play keyboards and percussion on several songs.
The result is collection of songs fully realized and even lush
at times, but retaining a hushed intensity, a spirit of lo-fi
intimacy and unhurried exploration. |
