Everyone’s favorite harpist Mary Lattimore is BACK with a new album, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, coming October 6 via Ghostly International. It comes on the heels of me just seeing her and Meg Baird perform at Central Park Summerstage, a soul-healing and body-drenching show, as the clouds opened up and unleashed a torrential downpour a few minutes into their set, but thankfully lightened up significantly and yielded a wide-arcing rainbow for the remainder of the performance.

Our first taste of the upcoming record, “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me”, coincidentally features Meg Baird on vocals, as well as Walt McClements on further instrumentation, providing more colors to Lattimore’s already beautifully painted canvas of sound. (Canvas of sound? Am I that cheesy?). It’s a gorgeous, glittering piece of music, with shards of harp reflecting flecks of light onto everything.

Additionally, just looking at the track list, this seems to be the first Mary Lattimore record to extensively feature collaborators, which include drummer Lol Tolhurst, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell, guitarist Roy Montgomery, and violinist Samara Lubelski, a GREAT cast of players that I can tell will elevate the mood Lattimore is setting on this record. I know this will be on constant replay at my apartment upon its release, and I WILL be at least one of the upcoming Union Pool shows in November. Trust that!