℗ 2021 Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Released June 25, 2021
Duration 42m 44s
Record Label Nonesuch
Genre Classical (AvantGarde/Minimalist)
 

Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part

Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion

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1.1
To the Sky
Anne Steele; Caroline Shaw; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
3:59
1.2
Other Song
Caroline Shaw; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
5:02
1.3
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Caroline Shaw; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
4:37
1.4
The Flood Is Following Me
Caroline Shaw; James Joyce; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
2:57
1.5
Lay All Your Love On Me
Benny Goeran Bror Andersson; Bjoern K Ulvaeus; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
4:32
1.6
Cast the Bells in Sand
Caroline Shaw; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
4:44
1.7
Long Ago We Counted
Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
3:26
1.8
A Gradual Dazzle
Anne Carson; Caroline Shaw; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
4:10
1.9
A Veil Awave Upon the Waves
Caroline Shaw; James Joyce; Jonathan Low; Sō Percussion; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
3:20
1.10
Some Bright Morning
Albert Brumley; Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion
5:57
Nonesuch Records releases an album of songs written and performed by Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion, Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part. The musicians, who have known each other since their student days, were presented with three days of gratis studio time and decided to experiment with ideas they had begun putting to tape during the sessions for their January 2021 Nonesuch release Narrow Sea. With Shaw on vocals and Sō—Eric Cha-Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, and Jason Treuting—filling out this new band, they developed songs in the studio, with lyrics inspired by their own wide-ranging interests: James Joyce, the Sacred Harp hymn book, a poem by Anne Carson, the Bible’s Book of Ruth, the American roots tune “I’ll Fly Away,” and the pop perfection of ABBA, among others. The album is co-produced by Shaw, Sō Percussion, and the Grammy Award–winning engineer Jonathan Low (The National, Taylor Swift).
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters

Tracks 1-10 – 48 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-0.33
-1.08 to 0.00
-13.40
-16.52 to -12.11
-10.79
-12.80 to -9.60
7
6 to 10
1
To the Sky
-0.24-12.79-10.06
2
Other Song
-0.31-12.11-10.16
3
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
0.00-15.86-12.610
4
The Flood Is Following Me
-0.01-12.79-10.06
5
Lay All Your Love On Me
-1.08-16.52-12.89
6
Cast the Bells in Sand
0.00-13.22-10.98
7
Long Ago We Counted
-0.34-12.48-9.67
8
A Gradual Dazzle
0.00-12.92-10.87
9
A Veil Awave Upon the Waves
-0.32-12.76-10.17
10
Some Bright Morning
-0.33-12.57-11.06

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