For the better part of 10 years, the talented and gifted Henry Frayne has released several recordings under the moniker Lanterna. The latest recordings of Frayne, who is from New York City originally, exude the expanse of large, open countrysides. From acoustic forays such as the lovely and aptly titled “Fields” to the album’s opener, “West Side Highway,” Frayne and Steve Day—who provided the rhythm tracks on Sands—have created a number of soundscapes. Hints of Bill Frisell sneak in alongside dashes of Chicago post-rock, à la the Sea & Cake. When Frayne plays, his music does much more than fill dead air; his soundscapes twist ever so gently like a cascade of tide pools moving and shimmering against the backdrop of a fading sunset. Some albums yearn for the outdoors and beckon to be heard in privacy. Such is the case with Sands.
(SN&R)