White Poppy - Natural Phenomena2015 release. Crystal Dorval from Vancouver, Canada, has been making healing, distorted rug gaze music from a coastal mindset all her own since 2011. Natural Phenomena is her second album, and it echoes 2013's self titled effort in its isolationist origins, as the record emerged slowly across a nine month retreat alone on a farm on Vancouver Island: "Some days I would only add one tiny guitar line or keyboard texture and that would be it for the day

'To Be With You'

music critics

THE TATTERED DRESS (1957) - In this CinemaScope film noir from director Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man

When Ted's talent as a masterful singer became well apparent

easily recognizable

Platters - Going Back to Detroit

It's an abs workout you'll look forward to doing again and again

The compositional techniques

a farm worker sneaks across the border from Mexico into California in an effort to make money to send to his family back home

This album collects the best and brightest songs released throughout their long and glorious career

It's what I long to do

and Phyllis Hyman