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The Dawn Patrolman Speaks...
On the eve of the release of the Castanets' sophomore album, First Light's Freeze, Raymond Raposa seemed indifferent to the media whirlwind surrounding like-minded "neo-folk" stars Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, and Sufjan Stevens.
"It's not my job to worry about that," Raposa said from a record store in New York City. "A lot of those folks are my friends -- the people who are making the 'big' records in that field. It's not really a concern of any of ours, which bin in the store [our music] ends up in."
Sufjan Stevens released First Light's Freeze October 11 on his Asthmatic Kitty Records. Chances are good that the album will earn critical acclaim...or at least a share of college-radio play. Raposa, a former professional surfer, has experienced fame before.
"There was a point where there was enough outside involvement via sponsorships and photo shoots and contests and things like that, that I suppose the purity of the thing I was trying to do -- not to get too sentimental about it -- was very much compromised," Raposa said. "It prompted a move to the Virgin Islands. I split and came back, dumped all of my sponsors, and didn't do another contest ever again. I think [with the Castanets] there's a point where things would probably start to get uncomfortable."
Though he resides in New York City, Raposa has found some time to surf: "I guess it's a little-known fact about New York. It might even be more secret than I should be letting on."
Raposa will return to San Diego this winter after two brief fall tours and before a spring tour opening for Cat Power.
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The Dawn Patrolman Speaks...
The Dawn Patrolman Speaks...
On the eve of the release of the Castanets' sophomore album, First Light's Freeze, Raymond Raposa seemed indifferent to the media whirlwind surrounding like-minded "neo-folk" stars Devendra Banhart, Iron and Wine, and Sufjan Stevens.
"It's not my job to worry about that," Raposa said from a record store in New York City. "A lot of those folks are my friends -- the people who are making the 'big' records in that field. It's not really a concern of any of ours, which bin in the store [our music] ends up in."
Sufjan Stevens released First Light's Freeze October 11 on his Asthmatic Kitty Records. Chances are good that the album will earn critical acclaim...or at least a share of college-radio play. Raposa, a former professional surfer, has experienced fame before.
"There was a point where there was enough outside involvement via sponsorships and photo shoots and contests and things like that, that I suppose the purity of the thing I was trying to do -- not to get too sentimental about it -- was very much compromised," Raposa said. "It prompted a move to the Virgin Islands. I split and came back, dumped all of my sponsors, and didn't do another contest ever again. I think [with the Castanets] there's a point where things would probably start to get uncomfortable."
Though he resides in New York City, Raposa has found some time to surf: "I guess it's a little-known fact about New York. It might even be more secret than I should be letting on."
Raposa will return to San Diego this winter after two brief fall tours and before a spring tour opening for Cat Power.
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