Excerpt: “Boxharp is the band of one Scott Solter, a man who’s tagged himself producer of such artists as John Vanderslice, Superchunk and the Mountain Goats. But Boxharp, his project with singer Wendy Allen, sounds nothing like any of these…. It’s “expansive” in that each song starts with a fuzzy blanket of warm, Eno-like ambience that eventually swallows melodies whole. It’s “direct” in that those melodies are still very much there, rising from the mist with delicate immediacy, slipping their way gently into the folds with gorgeous harmonies and ghostly effects. Boxharp also highlights an intriguing divide somewhere between the celestial and worldly. The Green is late nights, fireplaces, ghost stories and legends, all rolled up into a NyQuil capsule of a record. Your dreams have never sounded so good.”
Hidden Shoal MixTape
