Casa Castile
Umbra
Available digitally

I’ve given the new album from Casa Castile, Umbra, a number of listens now and keep trying to put my finger on what’s so familiar about it. There is an air about the slightly languid, melancholy vocals that reminds me intensely of something but I can’t pinpoint exactly what that would be. Fortunately, this is a good quality to have – being altogether familiar and new at the same time. The album, on the whole, is a perfectly layered bit of bedroom pop that finds a good balance between it’s more ethereal parts and the moments that demand your attention. I suggest starting with “Desert Cat” but that may just be me.