Annalisa Tornfelt The Number 8 2xLP with prominent and effective use

with prominent and effective use of what sounds like live double-tracking and tape delay

but it pushes the whole even further into unexpected territory

Coming off like something off The Beach Boy's Surf's Up or Holland (including a sneaky "reason to live" reference that surely nods to "The Trader") is the brilliantly ominous

the album's happiest songs are among the best

As Real As Real Format: Vinyl

Annalisa Tornfelt The Number 8 2xLP with prominent and effective useAnnalisa Tornfelt, the Alaska raised musician best known as the singer and fiddle player for Black Prairie, grabbed her Black Beauty Arch Kraft guitar and an analog 8 track to record her unadorned, front porch solo album, The Number 8. I asked Annalisa to play a few fiddle tunes with me, which soon flipped to her picking up a guitar and singing Hank Williams, says her Black Prairie bandmate, Chris Funk. It was simple, but it was stunning. It\'s those