Arcs
by red steppes
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Leonine
03:41
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A Careful Garden
04:44
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Trouble
02:55
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Wade or go under
I’ll hold the land, a loose tether
I know the water:
some bears you home,
some on to better harbors
And the trouble always comes
and the trouble always goes
and the trouble’s always one you know
Fathom for fathom
there are some faults so deep we don’t map them
But go slow - get past them
So low, so long, but still you’ll last the distance
And the trouble always comes
and the trouble always goes
and the trouble’s always one you know, no
Nobody wants to be the face of doubt
only mountains, only lions, only certain, only proud
but oft are we quiet
cut off from wind or caught by it
or lost on some tidal edge
and found again on soft, unsettled islands
And the trouble always comes
and the trouble always goes
and the trouble’s always one you know
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The Quarry
05:48
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High Growth
04:29
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The Armistice
05:08
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Madera
03:48
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What's Once
02:57
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Cricket Songs
04:22
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Bitterroot, Indigo
03:46
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about
red steppes’ debut A Mouth May Grow was rooted firmly in the topography of California; her sophomore release Arcs (Native Cat Recordings, out May 31 2019) is the fruit of a series of displacements, disturbances, and reorientations. Stylistically diverse, the album delivers minimalist guitar pop, mathy folk, and even a Peter Gabriel-tinged meditation on loss, finding equilibrium in songwriter Nika Aila States’ intimate vocals. Arcs is plush with the kind of photographic lyricism States began exploring with A Mouth May Grow; songs fondly addressed to lovers are mindful of an inevitable transience, lullabies keep account both of the world’s smallest gestures and its great ruins, and a series of scenes unfold as a prayer of sustenance, a knowing salutation aimed at fellow travelers and sailors-by-the-wind.
credits
released May 31, 2019
All songs written by Nika Aila States
and recorded to tape at Tiny Telephone SF
Produced by Jamie Riotto and Nika Aila States
Engineered by Jamie Riotto
Mastered by Dave McNair
Nika Aila States: electric & acoustic guitar, lead & backing vocals
Jamie Riotto: bass, synths, piano on "Leonine"
Andrew Maguire: Percussion, vibes
Rob Shelton: keys, synths
Carly Bond: backing vocals, electric guitar on "the Armistice"
Adam Hirsch: clarinet
Mateo Lugo: guitar on "Leonine"
Ian McArdle: piano, hammond b3
Danhy Lubin-Laden: trombone
Abigail Shiman: violin
Helen Newby: cello
String + wind arrangements: Will Stratton ("A Careful Garden" and "Cricket Songs")
and Jamie Riotto ("High Growth")
Album art by Nika Aila States
www.redsteppes.com
www.nativecatrecordings.com
All songs written by Nika Aila States
and recorded to tape at Tiny Telephone SF
Produced by Jamie Riotto and Nika Aila States
Engineered by Jamie Riotto
Mastered by Dave McNair
Nika Aila States: electric & acoustic guitar, lead & backing vocals
Jamie Riotto: bass, synths, piano on "Leonine"
Andrew Maguire: Percussion, vibes
Rob Shelton: keys, synths
Carly Bond: backing vocals, electric guitar on "the Armistice"
Adam Hirsch: clarinet
Mateo Lugo: guitar on "Leonine"
Ian McArdle: piano, hammond b3
Danhy Lubin-Laden: trombone
Abigail Shiman: violin
Helen Newby: cello
String + wind arrangements: Will Stratton ("A Careful Garden" and "Cricket Songs")
and Jamie Riotto ("High Growth")
Album art by Nika Aila States
www.redsteppes.com
www.nativecatrecordings.com
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about
red steppes Oakland, California
red steppes is a project by Californian songwriter and visual artist Nika Aila States.
It is landmusic and eyemusic.
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