Freak Scene Explores The Alchemical Sound Of In These Trees & Tartie

Freak Scene recently covered The Quiver, the new collaborative album from In These Trees & Tartie. The site gives the backstory of the record, which came about after Australian musician Tartie reached out to WPKN DJ Binnie Klein (aka In These Trees) for airplay. Freak Scene says that “piano and cello carry ‘Orchard,’ the first song the pair worked on, and Tartie sings with a little catch in her voice. Later, on ‘Sky, Ocean,’ layers of Tartie’s voice rise and fall as the simple piano at the start builds into a big drum sound and searing lead guitar (it’s one of several tracks featuring Jeff Pevar, a quasi-mythical figure in Connecticut music lore).”

The site continues, “Though Klein and Tartie come from opposite sides of the world, are at decidedly different stages of their lives and still have yet to meet in person, they discovered what Klein calls a ‘magical alchemy’ on The Quiver that underpins the idea that music can transcend boundaries.” Read more here, and get the album started at your station now.