(2020) Kass Richards - The Language Shadow


Review:
Earlier this year, Boston songwriter Kass Richards assisted U.S. Girls mastermind Meghan Remy in completing Heavy Light. Now, Richards is striking out on her own with a debut solo album titled, The Language Shadow, through Good Cry Records. Although a project all her own, Richards recorded her new LP with a few of her Heavy Light associates, including engineer Shae Brossard and fellow musician and co-producer Basia Bulat. The Language Shadow also features additional guitar arrangements provided by Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire and mellotron from U.S. Girls collaborator Geordie Gordon. The forthcoming effort’s 10 tracks are said to convey “timeless honesty” and are “gifts that seek to be shared in mournful times.” Much of it is heavily influenced by Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley area — where Richards is from originally — and its long tradition of Appalachian folk music.





Tracklist:
01 - Full Fathom Five
02 - Diving
03 - Atlantis
04 - Hmm
05 - Strangers
06 - You Go Astray
07 - Daughter
08 - Luna
09 - Nature
10 - Dancing to Death


Media Report:
Genre: indie-folk
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits