Featured album: Kalbells, Ten Flowers
The solo debut from
Brooklyn-based composer and visual artist Kalmia Traver is a celebration
of self: finding the strength, time, and space to express freely and
fully. She started writing Ten Flowers during a period of
creative retreat, apart from Rubblebucket, her band of nearly a decade,
and following a battle with ovarian cancer. Traver spent two wintry
months in her childhood home of Taftsville, Vermont, and emerged with 27
demos. Ten of them bloom here in collaboration with fellow Vermonter
Ryan Power. The record is colorful, cathartic, and beyond easy
classification. Traver’s spirited vocals shine over a bed electronic
production accented by whistles, woodwinds, percussion, and field
recordings. It’s out on NNA Tapes.