Rectangles and Circumstance CD + MP3 Bundle exclusive

Rectangles and Circumstance CD + MP3 Bundle exclusiveRectangles and Circumstance comprises ten songs co written and performed by Caroline Shaw and S Percussion. Shaw and S's Eric Cha Beach and Adam Sliwinski "sourced a group of nineteenth century poems that shaped its expressive mode [and] ended up using verses by Christina Rosetti, Emily Bront, Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and William Blake," says Sliwinski. "The lyrics on this album by members of the band contain wordplay that explores the same

as well as writer

is five original works by Shaw: three pieces for string quartet—Three Essays

but there's something

You Are (Variations)

The Arts Fuse calls it "revelatory

The album was created with producer Leo Abrahams and frequent Amidon collaborator Shahzad Ismaily

" PopMatters exclaims: "It's pretty much perfect

outsider art

who was Britten's partner and also an observer and collaborator of a larger community of musicians

Inherent Vice stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix

and white African composers

and Randy Newman