Compact Trauma: Vinyl LP Barry Manilow and Ray Barretto on congas

and Ray Barretto on congas for three songs

For as crazy as it sounded

bassist and vocalist David Paton

Then there’s “Pittsfield

” written after watching John Cassavetes’ Opening Night

Compact Trauma: Vinyl LP Barry Manilow and Ray Barretto on congasFrosted Clear With Black Middle vinyl. RIYL: Mercury Rev, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Radiohead, Deerhunter, Atlas Sound, Stereolab. Close to 5 years on from their last transmission, Ulrika Spacek resurface from self imposed exile with their 3rd album, Compact Trauma, a collection of songs that function as a chance treatise of sorts for our current collective condition. They could have left it alone, but in coming back to what they knew, Ulrika