Heather Trost - Agistri - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Albums included are First And Last And Always, Floodland & Vision Thing.

As Heather Trost put together her new album Desert Flowers, she imagined herself sitting out on the mesa amidst the arid climate and sand. Even with such little water to survive, wildflowers bloom. This vision is an embellishment of Trost's Albuquerque surroundings, an intersection of rural splendor and emptiness. She remains focused on those purple, yellow and orange flowers with faces beaming up to the sky, thriving on very little. InchHow does a flower grow in the desert?Inch she sings. Desert Flowers postulates the potential for new life. Using the messages from the unconscious during sleep, the record ultimately conceives a bridge to the world beyond one's own. Written and recorded in her home studio, Trost began with harmonic frameworks, allowing the melodies to naturally take root. Introductory track InchFrog And Toad Are FriendsInch-yes, named after the book-is like a surf song from a sci-fi movie. Trost sees it as a mindwipe, Incha playful kind of romp to help shake off the cobwebs and get the bones moving.Inch The album ripens as it progresses, and InchSandcastlesInch best embodies the spirit of the record. rich strings and bass are complimented by a slow guitar groove, as Trost soulfully fantasizes about Earth's regeneration. InchIn time, the bullets and tanks, and all of humanity's violent creations will melt back into mountains and the ocean,Inch she says.Integral to the record's creation was Trost's cohort in A Hawk & A Hacksaw and record tag Living Music Duplication, Jeremy Barnes. InchThis album wouldn't sound the way it does without his wonderfully discerning and courageous ear,Inch she says. Much like her previous two albums, Agistri and Petrichor, the record was primarily recorded at their home studio. Many of the tracks on Desert Flowers were created during difficult years, during which Trost's strident creativity offered a much-needed path to sola

Heather Bartlett wrote her first song when she was 9 years old. Well, the lyrics, at least. After taking a basic keyboard class for a semester during her sophomore year of college, Heather's compositions springboarded as she developed her fresh fusion of acoustic folk akin to Joni Mitchell and Eva Cassidy with pop piano arrangements reminiscent of Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor. Heather is 21 years old and grew up in a small town in rural Vermont.