Upon listening to Joe Kaplow’s forthcoming second full length album, Sending Money and Stems (release date, April 30 via Fluff and Gravy Records), the first thing that strikes you is his voice. Over the course of 10 concise indie folk tracks, his shimmering falsetto seems to dance with the strings of his guitar as it pulls you in and doesn’t let go. Recorded largely in his own bedroom, Kaplow plays most of the instruments himself, including guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, and trumpet. He enlists the help of Elliott Kay on bass and a rotating cast of drummers, including Kaplow himself. When it came time for mixing though, he relied on the trusted hands and ears of Portland fixture, Mike Coykendall (M Ward, She and Him, Blitzen Trapper, Richmond Fontaine) as well as Lucas Heinel.https://www.joekaplow.net/