As a producer, composer, music director, songwriter and performer, k.s Rhoads is rarely not pouring over someone else's music. But busy as he is, he took the time to let me hound him with questions about The Wilderness, his sophomore album released earlier this spring. In classic k.s. form, this collection of songs is dense with layers of precisely placed notes, blankets of sound, and pages of instrumental narrative. Despite the title,Wilderness is anything but sparce. His lyrics rise to match the musical exactitude in their meaning, thoughtfulness, and intention.
According to k.s. the album is a lot like one of his favorite filmsBeasts of the Southern Wilda mix of tragedy but "in the face of sorrow, finding the fact that there is meaning and that there is good."
More about The Wilderness in his own words
NL: Six years have passed between your first album (Dead Language) and this one (The Wilderness) why so long?
NL: What's next for you?
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