Good World

The follow-up to 2005's Carousel Waltz was recorded with a thrift store clarinet, an 80's drum machine, an 80's synth, and an out of tune 1800's piano. With 17 tracks in under 23 minutes, Ryland Bouchard presents the listener with an imaginative world containing mythical characters. Musically, the arrangements are simple and delicate, with harmonized falsetto vocals and staccato clarinet lines floating above minimal percussion and the occasional synth. Choruses and verses blur into musical interludes that travel with the characters they represent. Songs become puzzle pieces as parts of a much larger narrative that is alluded to but ultimately left up to the listener's imagination.