Lia Kohl announced this week that her next album, Various Small Whistles and a Song, will be released on November 14th via Dauw. She also released three tracks from the album including the album’s appearance by claire rousay.
In addition to rousay the album features appearance from Colin Held, Macie Stewart, Patrick Shiroishi, Steve Rosborough, Jesse Perlstein, Corey Smith, Ellie Mejía, and Anna Fox. It was recorded in wide array of locations and is a responds to Ed Ruscha’s 1964 photographic artist book Various Small Fires and Milk, which Kohl regards as a wondrous celebration of the ordinary, revealing Ruscha’s trademark deadpan humor and subtle depth. Mirroring the book’s structure—15 images of fire and one of a glass of milk—the album refashions 15 recordings of whistles and one of a song into micro-compositions, each offering a view into an entire world.
You can catch Lia Kohl at Constellation on November 14th and at TUSK on November 16th.
Photo by Leah Wendzinski