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.