Rock N’ Recipes: Heather Trost

Heather Trost is perhaps best known as one half of Hawk and a Hacksaw, but as we’ve tried to show on this site recently, their new album Desert Flowers has us excited for her solo work. We were fortunate to catch up with Heather, talk about the record, influences and her favorite food memories. Plus, she leaves us with a wonderful recipe for corba, which is a great red lentil soup with Turkish origins. Check out the interview and recipe after the jump!

Buy Desert Flowers HERE via Ba Da Bing.

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Heather Trost Share the Debutante Single

I’m super appreciative of Heather Trost‘s craft at the moment; she’s taking some modern fads and pushing them to the edges of our expectations. Her latest single starts with a soft croon, which is rather run-of-the-mill, but then the song spins into the next realm. It takes on almost a circus-nature, lifting the playfulness all sort of arranged pieces that encircle that steady Trost vocal delivery. Sure, I still marvel at her voice every time I press play here, but still can’t help but be swept up by the song’s new energy; I feel like I’m watching a carnival congo line march by and suddenly I’ve latched onto the end, joining in the fun. Won’t you come with me? Heather’s new record, Desert Flowers, is out on November 12th via Ba Da Bing Records.

Heather Trost Announces Desert Flowers

There’s something bewildering to me about this new Heather Trost track. Musically, it’s this sort of slow organ drawl that begins the track; it feels like the musical equivalent of walking in quick sand, slowly moving one foot at a time. But, there’s something about Heather’s voice when it enters the fray that seems to lift the track, carrying the listener on its back as you drift through the dense textures that continuously evolve. There’s something otherworldly, yet familiar, as if you’re watching your life unfold from outside your body, and this is the soundtrack. This track comes with the excellent news that Heather will release Desert Flowers via Ba Da Bing on November 12th.