{"title":"Evangelista","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"hello-voyager","title":"Hello, Voyager","description":"\u003cp\u003ewe can call this a debut record of sorts, as it is the first album to be released under carla bozulich's new band moniker, evangelista. bozulich's first record for constellation, issued in 2006, was released under her own name, and bore the album title 'evangelista'. that album title has now migrated to become the band name. so...this is the new album, titled 'hello, voyager', by the newly named band evangelista, featuring carla bozulich. you follow? no worries, there will not be a quiz. carla's 2006 constellation release was widely celebrated as her strongest, most fearless and compelling record in years, and ended up on many year end lists, including the wire (uk), blow up (italy) and wmfu (brian turner's blog) to name a few. carla toured evangelista all over europe and north america, with core bandmate tara barnes at her side, and a rotating cast of other musicians, including shahzad ismaily and members of thee silver mt zion (all of whom contributed to the original recording as well). the evangelista band continues to comprise carla and tara as its nucleus, and continues to build on its relationship with montreal (where the last album was also made). 'hello, voyager' was recorded in montreal at the hotel2tango by efrim menuck in late summer 2007, with an even larger cast of montreal musicians joining carla, tara and shahzad this time around, to work up a more stylistically diverse batch of songs. raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes still underpin carla's incantatory sung and spoken lyrics on the album's opening and closing tracks, but much of the rest of the record is more overtly composed. blistering nuggets like the snarling 'smooth jazz' and the desperate 'truth is dark like outer space' are the most rocking tunes carla has put to tape since the demise of the geraldine fibbers, while 'the blue room' (one of carla's finest songs, and one she has been carrying around for many years) is finally captured in a stunning studio arrangement that includes organ, violin, cello and contrebasse. 'lucky lucky luck' is a playful, sassy, fractured take on the misfit narrative and 'paper kitten claw' is its methodical, reflective, poetic foil. carla's voice perfectly sets and channels the prevailing mood on each song, and is strong as ever. the new album includes contributions from over a dozen montreal players, including most of thee silver mt zion (chiefly on string arrangements), as well as nadia moss (organ) and a corps of local drummers who bang out the thunderous rhythm track on 'smooth jazz' and drive the epic sprawl of the album's closing title track. both formats come in constellation's custom cardstock packaging, with artwork featuring paintings by montreal artist (and evangelista player) nadia moss, and include a fold-out lyric sheet insert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50491143225675,"sku":"296388","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50491143422283,"sku":"296389","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8a9fc40e-9ff5-42ec-8de1-9017962c1348_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727682714"},{"product_id":"prince-of-truth","title":"Prince Of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003ewith 'prince of truth', bozulich has shaped her evangelista group into something more committed, more complex and more sonically and compositionally adventurous than ever. 'prince of truth' is a sort of pro tools fantasia wrought from purgatory, not only figuratively and stylistically, but quite literally as well. initial tracking was scheduled at the hotel2tango studio in montreal, with regular bozulich \/ evangelista collaborators shahzad ismaily, lisa gamble, thierry amar, nadia moss and ches smith all in attendance. on day two of the sessions, a nasty throat infection carla had been fighting on tour evolved into full-blown pneumonia, confining her to bed for the ensuing week. the band went on to track the song foundations, along with a pile of extras, outtakes and overdubs, and bozulich returned to her los angeles home with these stacks of tracks digitised from the analogue master tapes. over the next two months, carla, tara and dominic would de- and re-construct these sessions, with carla adding vocals and rallying additional contributions from jessica catron and nels cline. the result is an album of searing and beguiling depth, occupying an entirely original zone at the intersection of improv, noise, post-industrial and post-punk music and the incantatory \/ seductive \/ soul persona of the chanteuse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50491205878091,"sku":"317999","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3bc30485-b50f-462b-a82e-0b48ecd8e9dc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727683056"},{"product_id":"in-animal-tongue","title":"In Animal Tongue","description":"\u003cp\u003eled by art \/ punk legend carla bozulich, who previously fronted the geraldine fibbers and ethyl meatplow. fourth full-length album from evangelista, which is bozulich's primary and most personal current musical project following the critically acclaimed prince of truth (2009) that cemented carla bozulich's reputation for aesthetic quality, intensity and iconoclasm as she entered a third decade of tireless artistic and musical activity.. evangelista's new album continues to broaden the sonic canvas against which bozulich deploys her distinctive voice and lyricism. 'in animal tongue' reflects bozulich's escape from her los angeles home base and an increasingly nomadic existence in the last couple of years, devoted in equal parts to collaboration and improvisation with a wide range of players in diverse contexts, the conception and execution of site-specific sound\/art events and residencies, rocking the circuit with evangelista (equally at home in bright museums and dingy clubs) and retreats to the american desert. in animal tongue was chiefly written and recorded by bozulich, in a variety of locations, driven (in carla's words) 'by the forces of rocks, evolution, geology, drugs, boxing, everything-ology and dead stuff that makes the dirt and cement and the tress grow.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50491277967691,"sku":"342887","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/aa220b0c-3cc7-4a0a-9bfb-d733c7cdda25_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727684493"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/evangelista.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}