Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk St
415.923.0923
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Castanets
Friday July 31, 2009 (9:30pm)
Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk St
415.923.0923
$8
Castanets are one of the chattiest percussion instruments, but the music Raymond Raposa records under that name is strictly soporific. Evoking woozy sea shanties and immersive home-recordings, his records travel to the same broke-down palaces as morose singer/songwriters like Leonard Cohen and Sibylle Baier. On last year's City of Refuge Raposa traded the lush, private orchestrations of its predecessor, In The Vines, for a sparser sound that still utilizes careful dabs of reverb and overdubs to perspective-enhancing effect. The croaking vocals may not be for everyone, though Castanets' music creeps up on you when you least expect it.
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