Nina Nastasia - Outlaster

American singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia unveils her forthcoming sixth album titled Outlaster, to release on June 7 via FatCat Records.

Recorded once more with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Nina engaged Los Angeles musician and arranger Paul Bryan (whose collaborative credits include Aimee Mann, Grant Lee Phillips and others, and who’s worked as an instrumentalist with Allen Toussaint, Mavis Staples, Lucinda Willams, and many more) to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. Then Nina and her long-time companion / collaborator Kennan Gudjonsson assembled string and woodwind quartets, finding the perfect complement with drummer Jay Bellerose (of Nina’s critically acclaimed albums ‘The Blackened Air’ and ‘On Leaving’) and Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise).

The opening track from the new album, ‘Cry, Cry, Baby’ serves as both a neat re-introduction to Nina’s work and in particular, to the sumptuous new sound of the album – a lush, orchestrated sophistication that, with no loss of distinction or economy, transcends the traditional reach of her famed spareness.