Our recurring function collection Monitor by Monitor sees artists guiding readers by way of every music on their new launch. In the present day, singer-songwriter Cecelia Castleman talks by way of every music on her self-titled LP.
“Once I’m not writing I don’t actually really feel complete,” Cecelia Castleman tells Consequence. After spending time together with her debut album, it’s an announcement that’s straightforward to consider: The album is a assured physique of labor, one which incorporates a constant narrative voice all through. Cecelia Castleman feels completely and appropriately her personal.
A Nashville native, Castleman lower the report at Henson Recording Studios in LA with Don Was, immersing herself not simply in a special wavelength of inventive vitality however a spot steeped in a completely totally different musical historical past. “You stroll in and really feel a wave of vitality not like something I’ve ever felt earlier than,” she says of the expertise. “Being in an surroundings like that with all of those legendary musicians like Pino Palladino, Abe Laboriel Jr., and Benmont Tench was thrilling for me.”
Followers of HAIM and Maggie Rogers will discover lots to like within the album, from the minimalist guitar backdrop of “It’s Alright” to the regret-tinged “You Go Through Ladies Like You Go Through Cigarettes.” It’s a genre-blending assortment, invoking trendy notes of nation to pair with easygoing pop melodies and fuzzy, rock-adjacent instrumentals in locations. Whereas a number of the pre-release tracks have been out there to listeners for months now, Castleman believes that the album arriving in full is simply the beginning of the trail she’s carving.
“This trade is such a whirlwind of ups and downs — it’s each emotion directly generally,” she notes. “I get excited once I see folks doing what they love and discovering their means, as a result of it isn’t straightforward.”
Take heed to the complete album beneath, and browse on for her insights into every music on the LP.