Nina Nastasia / ニーナ・ナスターシャ - Outlaster / アウトラスター

アメリカ、ニューヨークのシンガー・ソングライター Nina Nastasia の約3年ぶりとなる6作目のオリジナル・アルバム。前作に引き続きスティーヴ・アルビニがプロデュースを担当。

Recording once more with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Nina engaged Los Angeles instrumentalist and arranger Paul Bryan (prod./arr.: Grant Lee Buffalo, Aimee Mann; instrum.: Allen Toussaint, Mavis Staples, Lucinda Williams and many more) to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. Then Nastasia and her long-time companion/collaborator Kennan Gudjonsson assembled string and woodwind quartets, finding the perfect complement with drummer Jay Bellerose (T-Bone Burnett, Joe Henry, Nina's critically acclaimed 'The Blackened Air' and 'On Leaving' albums) and Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker (Tortoise). All in all, a dream band.