Carta 'The Glass Bottom Boat' on Resonant. A melancholic instrumental with jangly repeating guitars and fluttering beats not unlike Hood. Moody and smoky it's an album for a hot bath as it builds with aural textures and shoegazy crescendos. Got geezers from Subtle and Charles Atlas in the line up. Track 8 Features some nice vocals by Sarah Bell which adds to the ethereal nature of this release.
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What their label says...
The fruits of a lengthy process involving an ever-changing line-up featuring a revolving door of San Francisco musicians, this is the long-awaited debut from Carta, now with settled personnel surrounding core member Kyle Monday. Engineered by Beulah's Eli Crews and featuring Sacha Galvagna and Jared Matt Greenberg (Charles Atlas) and Alexander Kort (Subtle) amongst others, 'The Glass Bottom Boat' is a remarkably accomplished album, as one might expect considering the pedigree of those involved. Having found a home on eclectic UK label Resonant, Carta's audience should be broad and widespread, with their overall sound avoiding pigeonholes. The album is mostly instrumental, predominantly downtempo but with constant emphasis on melody. The title track features full vocals from Sarah Bell, and sounds like the best thing Espers have ever recorded. Packaged in lavish six-panel digipak.
Tracklisting: 1 - Kavan/2 - South Circular/3 - Larva/4 - Burning Bridges/5 - Simultane/6 - If Not For You Then Not For Me/7 - Oliva/8 - The Glass Bottom Boat/9 - Legomenon/10 - Perdido
