This week’s PBS Feature Album is Luminous As It Is from award-winning songwriter Coda Chroma.
Coda Chroma (aka Kate Lucas) creates music that sways between cinematic folk and baroque pop, with otherworldly harmonies, honest and existential lyrics, suspended in deeply nuanced production.
Coda Chroma's fourth album Luminous As It Is takes its name from a line in Mary Oliver's poem Summer Morning and is a snapshot in time of Kate's perpetual songwriting practice and her deep connection to nature. The album is steeped in themes of consumerism, environmentalism, friendship, and death, expressed through Coda Chroma's signature poetic, abstract lens.
A companion piece to Coda Chroma's 2023 LP release Dreamself, Luminous As It Is features nylon string guitars, vintage synths, and compelling vocal melodies. Although the songs move through a range of musical genres including jazz, pop, and psychedelia this album is undeniably the most folky Coda record so far.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Luminous As It Is, and PBS Members have the chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl: simply email your name and membership number to before midnight Sunday October 27. Please note vinyl giveaways must be picked up from the station in Collingwood.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Ella Thompson - 'One More Step'
Alabaster DePlume - 'Gifts of Olive'
Qais Essar - 'Drinking Moon Light' feat. Kamaljeet Ahluwalia
RONA. - 'Burn It'
Tyshawn Sorey - 'Peresina'
Harvey Sutherland - 'Hummingbird'
Claire Birchall - 'Trigger'
Father John Misty - 'She Cleans Up'
Threats - 'Elbow Kneesey'
PepperCreek Revival with Kelly Auty - 'I'm Dreaming (When I'm around you)'
