southern records

Goldfish was recorded in the time-honoured tradition of setting up an 8-track machine in a house in Woodstock, drinking huge quantities of bourbon on the porch, baking bread, and recording at any hour of the day. The result is an album that's cohesive and confident, with a sexy ballad called "Ballad," several stellar piano tunes ("Keep Your Eyes on the Road" and "None of My Business"), a few off the cuff rockers ("Everybody Knows Your Name" and "Bounty"), a cover of the underrated classic Moby Grape song "I Am Not Willing," and five other new songs.

New members Ruth Keating (drums, percussion) and Matt Sutton (guitar, pedal steel guitar), whose band The Malarkies have been one of New York's best kept secrets for years, are the primary accomplices on almost all the tracks. Growing away from the rotating cast of characters featured on the first record, k. now sounds like a band- a band that's toured together, written together, and worked to give each song its own sound.

Goldfish is a document of a project in full motion, a collection of great songs sung by a singer who can alternately break your heart or freak you out, played by a bassist who's fallen in love with bass all over again, a drummer who knows when to crash and when to whisper, and a goddamn bad-ass pedal steel guitar player.

Recorded by engineer friend Tony Lockwood, Goldfish features artwork by Tara Jane O'Neil and a cameo appearance on piano by Ida's Miggy Littleton.