Gerroa Songs

Archer Prewitt has graced seven of the 25 releases on Carrot Top Records over the last eight years. His eighth, "Gerroa Songs," is his most haunting and evocative work to date. The recordings were made at a seaside house in Australia in March, 1999. The house, a former nunnery and now haunted, and the setting, by the ocean with rocky windswept beaches and dolphins leaping in the sun just outside the windows, infused the recordings and the entire experience from the outset.

While no ghosts were seen during their stay, the simple recording procedure (8-track, few mics, and plenty of room sound, a la Cowboy Junkies' Trinity Sessions) would capture the unique and captivating ambience of their surrounding beyond anyone's expectations. Creaking floorboards, the rhythmic thrum of insects all around as the sun set over the ocean, and the chords and harmonics bouncing playfully around the room the dilapidated old structure permeate these special recordings, making them an irreplaceable document of a special time for Archer and his Australian friends and companions. An aural snapshot of a few days by the remote Australian oceanside.