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Carta reminds of Low to Six by Seven, Plumerai, Charles Atlas &c. in the tradition of mid-1990s moody pop/slowcore/indie rock/post rock bands. |
In Stock Shipping Weight: 2.00 units Quantity in Basket: None Log In to use our Wish List ![]() UPC: 884501252164 Label: Silber Media Catalog ID: 077 Squidco Product Code: 12961 Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2009 Country: USA Packaging: Digipack Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist. Highlight an instrument above and click here to Search for albums with that instrument. ![]() ![]() 1. Alfred M 2. Building Bridges 3. Hourglass 4. Small Lights 5. The Likeness Is Undeniable 6. Sidereal 7. Santander 8. Descension 9. Prettier at Night 10. Bank of England 11. Back to Nature 12. Who Killed the Clerk? 13. The Late Alfred M. |
sample the album:
![]() "Carta formed in 2002 as a studio project having a revolving membership around Kyle Monday & Jason Perez. In 2005 they recorded The Glass Bottom Boat with the band drifting into hiatus during a two-year search for a label (eventually released by Resonant in 2007). By that time, the band had undergone a complete transfor- mation, with all former members gone except for Kyle Monday & Ray Welter they regrouped with Oakland drummer Raj Ojha (who had just left electro-post-rock band Run Return) & bassist/guitarist Sacha Galvagna (Charles Atlas). The new version of Carta began to write entirely new material rather than trying to re-work the old songs. Originally planning two separate albums (one song-focused & another made up of more ambient experimental tracks), An Index of Birds emerged as a cohesive body of work from the disparate sessions recorded at different times & studios. Cellist Alex Kort (ex-Subtle) returned to work on several of the songs & Lorealle Bishop took up the mantle as the band's new female vocalist. Former Continental drummer & Christo- pher Willits-collaborator Gabriel Coan mixed several tracks on the album, & eventually became Carta's dedicated drummer. Recorded & mixed by Carta, Sean Coleman, & Eli Crews (Deerhoof, Why?, Citay) & following the direction to 'make things sound like they have been recovered from a sunken ship', the result is an album that recalls the debut in feel but has both a more pastoral & more sinister tone. Placing more importance on vocals this time out, "An Index Of Birds" was a dedicated attempt to move beyond the stereotyped post-rock idioms & investigate textures & composition. Tiny electronic landscapes, soundtrack bombast, krautrock-inspired psychedelia, & brooding melodrama all find a home on an album you might hear on an ambulance ride that could end in salvation be it life or death."-Silber Media ![]() Rock and Related Song Based Music |