Carla Bozulich and Evangelista with The Renderers and Sore Eros

Carla Bozulich and Evangelista

Evangelista's new album continues to broaden the sonic canvas against which Bozulich deploys her distinctive voice and lyricism. In Animal Tongue reflects Bozulich's escape from her Los Angeles home base and an increasingly nomadic existence in the last couple of years, devoted in equal parts to collaboration and improvisation with a wide range of players in diverse contexts, the conception and execution of site-specific sound/art events and residencies, rocking the circuit with Evangelista (equally at home in bright museums and dingy clubs) and retreat to the American desert. 

In Animal Tongue was largely written and recorded by Bozulich, in a variety of locations, driven (in Carla's words) "by the forces of rocks, evolution, geology, drugs, boxing, everything-ology and dead stuff that makes the dirt and cement and the tress grow. Plus real versus fake!!!" The album steams and bubbles like a simmering cauldron, with carefully metered elements stirred and coagulating around a core of low end provided by Tara Barnes on bass, seasoned with piano, organ and cut-and-paste arrangements by Dominic Cramp. This core trio is augmented by Sam Mickens (The Dead Science), Shahzad Ismaily (Laurie Anderson, Secret Chiefs, Sam Amidon) and John Eichenseer (jhno), who contribute to several tracks. 

Through it all, Bozulich's powerfully adventurous voice weaves vital, semi-improvisatory melodies of gasping, restrained intensity ("Artificial Lamb", "Bells Ring Fire"), brooding incantation ("In Animal Tongue", "Hands Of Leather", "Die Alone") and a rich half-whispered alto ("Black Jesus", "Enter The Prince"). 

In Animal Tongue is a superb addition to Bozulich's canon and as original a voice as can be found at the current nexus of punk, poetry, and experimental music. 

The Renderers

The Renderers formed in New Zealand in 1989 playing with various lineups, with partners Brian and Maryrose Crook being the mainstays of the group. They have released five albums on labels from both New Zealand (Flying Nun, Tinsel Ears) and the US (Merge, Siltbreeze, Ajax, 3 Beads of Sweat, Last Visible Dog) and have played extensively in both countries. They have performed as Will Oldham's backing band and he subsequently released his own recording of their song, "A Dream of the Sea."  Brian has also performed as a part of The Terminals and Flies Inside The Sun. Ba Da Bing Records will release their sixth album, Rocket Into Nothing, fall of 2011.

Sore Eros

Sore Eros are a group that hails from Northampton, MA and play a blend of folk, psych and indie rock. Members of the band have played with Panda Bear, Ariel Pink, Kurt Vile, Gary War, and many others. Dusted called their debut album, Second Chants, a collection of, "rich and subtle music that resists easy description or comprehension, but that seems to make perfect sense as soon as one stops trying to figure it out." Their new EP Just Fuzz is out now on Blackburn Recordings.