Music for Listening to Music to is La Sera’s fourth album and its first with singer/bassist Katy Goodman’s husband Todd Wisenbaker officially on board. Produced by Ryan Adams, it finds its way to a blend of Adams‘ alt-country and their winsome take on alt-rock. Goodman says Adams’ excitement about taking La Sera into the analog realm inspired her to embrace the back-to-basics approach. Considering that, it’s the slower, more spacious tracks — like the spare and moody “Begins to Rain” or the grunge-kissed closer, “Too Little Too Late” — that best illustrate how far La Sera’s come since 2011’s self-titled bedroom-pop debut and 2012’s brighter (if still emotionally overcast) Sees the Light. Goodman’s knack for swoon and gloom, first heard via Vivian Girls, is only enhanced by the addition of Wisenbaker’s voice. As she sings on “A Thousand Ways,” arguably Music For Listening to Music To’s dreamiest song, “Love can do all of these things.” Knowing Goodman there’s a sly wink in there, but it’s easy to imagine, if only for a beat, that the carefree flame of the oldies La Sera hold so dear still burns here
Tracklist:
1. High Notes (0:00)
2. A Thousand Ways (2:07)
3. One True Love (5:01)
4. Begins to Rain (7:58)
5. Take My Heart (10:51)
6. I Need An Angel (15:12)
7. Time To Go (19:01)
8. Shadow of Your Love (21:02)
9. Nineties (24:16)
10. Too Little Too Late (27:37)
La Sera’s 4th full-length album, Music For Listening To Music To, released March 4, 2016 (produced by Ryan Adams).
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