Download Raymond Byron And The White Freighter's "Allegiance" On RCRDLBL!

"Musician Ray Raposa, who has released five albums with his band Castanets, will debut his new group Raymond Byron And The White Freighter on a full-length album this fall. The LP, Little Death Shaker, will be out September 4 via Asthmatic Kitty Records, but you can get a sense of Raposa and crew’s quirky indie rock on “Allegiance” – a bluesy, reverb-tinged number with an overwhelmingly live feel." Head on over here to listen!

Listen To Raymond Byron and the White Freighter's Debut Track on Spin!

"No longer are Ray Raposa's songs shrouded in atmosphere. After five albums of bleak, moody Americana with Castanets, the itinerant singer and songwriter has a new band, Raymond Byron and the White Freighter. The group's debut LP, Little Death Shaker, arrives on September 4 via Castanets' usual home, Asthmatic Kitty Records. The musty biker-bar rock'n'roll of the album's advance track, "Allegiance," is hardly glossy, but it signals a newfound clarity for Raposa." Listen on Spin Now.

Brooklyn Paper Previews Sufjan Stevens and Ray Raposa's Live Score For Beyond This Place

"The perfectly paced score — which Stevens and Raposa wrote and recorded over the course of one week in Stevens’s waterfront recording studio last year — rests against “Beyond This Place” filmmaker Kaleo La Belle’s portrait of his own turbulent relationship with his father. The film, written, photographed and directed by La Belle, documents his attempt to reconnect with his estranged hippie dad — a lightly toasted free spirit who abandoned his family to ride bikes and make hallucinogenic drugs — by embarking on a 500-mile bicycle trip from Portland, Oregon to Mount St. Helens with him." Check out Brooklyn Paper's full write up on Beyond This Place.

The Vinyl District Talks With Ray Raposa About His Collaboration For "Beyond This Place"

"I hadn’t seen the film yet, and Sufjan hadn’t either. But Kaleo flew out there from Switzerland, and I flew out from Portland. The first session that we did was about a week at Sufjan’s studio in Dumbo, which is a part of Brooklyn there. And we watched the film a couple times. We did it sort of piece by piece. And I think for every section of music that ended up getting used in the film, there’s probably about five or six alternate takes or alternate approaches because Kaleo was trying to communicate as a filmmaker what he wanted out of us. And we’re both capable enough guys that we can give him different things." Read the complete interview with Raposa on The Vinyl District.

Pitchfork premiers the title track from Raymond Raposa and Sufjan Stevens from the OST for the film Beyond This Place!

Head over to Pitchfork to download the new single from Raymond Raposa (Castanets) and Sufjan Stevens... it's from the OST for the film Beyond This Place which screens in four cities around the country with a live performance of the soundtrack by Raposa and Stevens.

Pitchfork Announces Sufjan Stevens and Ray Raposa To Perform Live Score For "Beyond This Place"

"Last year, we reported that Sufjan Stevens collaborated with Castanets' Ray Raposa to score a documentary called Beyond This Place, which follows the fractured relationship between filmmaker Kaleo La Belle (a childhood friend of Stevens) and his freewheeling stoner father. The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced that Stevens will join Raposa to perform the soundtrack live at a screening of Beyond This Place on Sunday, October 30 at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House." Click on over to Pitchfork for their full write up and a video clip of Beyond This Place.