Adam Ostrar - Brawls in the Briar
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In 2017 Adam Ostrar headed to Southwest Texas to record at the famed Sonic Ranch. Joining him were Wil Hendricks (Califone), Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble), and Stephen Patterson (White Rabbits, Spoon, Hamilton Leithauser). The recordings were cut live in five days with no rehearsals.
Ostrar mixes referential, autobiographical and subversively political themes often and elegantly within the same song. “Brawls” is built atop a bedrock of vintage folk, open tunings, twelve string guitars, organ swells, synth pads, piano swagger, bossa nova rhythms and the gorgeous violin work of occasional guest Josh Hill on the Tim Buckley- esque “Drinking from a Candle”.
Ostrar’s early influences (Lou Reed, Robert Wyatt, Caetano Veloso) still impact his work.
