Unmoored by the Wind (2014)

by Itasca

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manel v this is the record i listened to to calm myself down after having to pass a kidney stone on holidays. it wasn't that big, but, heck, it still hurt. the vocals are recorded beautifully, and really give a sense of closeness to the singer. the fingerpicked guitar just creates an entire natural, detailed atmosphere, just about the perfect soundtrack for quiet, serene, pensive solitude. nature's gift and after dawn are bangers. might also make you hungry for wafers

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1.	Echtge Cross 01:50	buy track
2.	Alleyway 04:12	buy track
3.	The Hermit's View 02:23	buy track
4.	Dream of the Water Bearer 03:32	buy track
5.	Walking in Hahamongna 04:03	buy track
6.	Nature's Gift 04:30	buy track
7.	Congregation 05:04	buy track
8.	Buzzard Gulch Well 03:22	buy track
9.	After Dawn 05:24	buy track
10.	Colt in Hiding 03:29	buy track
11.	Glass 04:01	buy track

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Itasca
Unmoored by the Wind

released on New Images Ltd.
October 14, 2014
newimageslimited.com

Kayla Cohen, a.k.a. Itasca, is a folk guitarist and songwriter from New York State. She has released several small press CD-rs and cassettes over the past five years, and began recording as Itasca after a move to Los Angeles in 2012. She records at home, taking inspiration from the fringes of LA's open space and natural land.

On Itasca’s latest full-length, Unmoored By The Wind, Kayla Cohen achieves new levels of clarity. Where 2012’s Grace Riders on the Road reveled in homemade intimacy, Unmoored By The Wind opens to the world, reaching a timeless, near-baroque yearning; each of these eleven tracks burns with a unique vision. At once soft-spoken and virtuosic, Cohen’s fingerpicking mesmerizes, laying gauzy groundwork for vocal work David Keenan rightfully cited as “courtly, dazzling.” It’s a spacious set of songs, one you can wander into, flowing seamlessly between wistful interludes a la Bob Desper and fully-fledged verses of powerful, often beguiling imagery. “Two male shapes are standing/ Shrouded in white cloth” sings Cohen on “Nature’s Gift,” with a plaintive candidness that echoes Sibylle Baier. “They’re looking at me/ Sort of smiling/ Seems as if I’ve called them here.” Cohen’s voice has a windburnt quality reminiscent of Lal Waterson or Collie Ryan, but it’s tempered with sweetness, and on songs like “Colt In Hiding” she realizes an angelic luster. More than ever before, though, Cohen’s confident singing is laid bare; vocals ride on top of arrangements, taking their rightful place in the forefront. The effect is arresting. Cohen has achieved new levels of clarity, while staying true to the seductive ghostliness that has come to characterize her sound.

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released October 14, 2014

Written, recorded and mixed by Kayla Cohen
Mastered by Sean McCann

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Itasca Los Angeles, California

itasca (veritas-caput) a latin / ojibwe portmanteau place name meaning "truth-head" or "true source"

music by kayla cohen, and robbie cody, evan backer, evan burrows, daniel swire

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