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Singers sometimes write from imagination. Rick Sichta writes from altitude, from the trails through China and Tibet, from the trek to Everest that gave Mt. Kili its name, and from the type of experiences that permanently change something. The Noticer, the band’s sophomore album, is the product of finding his way.
Recorded at Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville and engineered by GRAMMY Award-winning Julian Dreyer, the production here marks a significant step forward from the intimate home recordings that defined the debut. The freak folk and folk rock foundations are still firmly in place, but the sound has expanded into something richer and more textured, with drummer Matt Shepard providing the songs with the necessary rhythmic solidity, while newest member Laney Barnett contributes violin and vocals that have patiently been waiting for.
Highlights are abounding. Don’t Start a War opens the record with a calm urgency that pulls you in right away, and the title track justifies the album’s entire premise. The Weather Report is the centerpiece nobody will see coming. Scars arrives just after and has cool, complex tones. Strawberry Fields and closer All in Good Time round everything out in a way that almost automatically brings you back to the beginning.
Mt. Kili have always had the songwriting. What The Noticer proves is that they now have everything else too, so the sound and the confidence to make it work. This is a group operating at the height of their powers, and it shows in every single minute of this record. Stream The Noticer below!
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