‘A Boat Upon Its Blood (Pt. 3)’, the tremendous title track from Jason Sharp’s upcoming debut album, emerged last month and we were instantly taken by the immersive beauty of his sounds. We weren’t previously familiar with the Canadian composer, improviser and reedist but he’s no stranger to the Montréal experimental/improv scene and has for long collaborated and played with a slew of talented musicians.
A Boat Upon Its Blood is inspired by Robert Creely’s poem ‘The Heart’, and its song titles are also named after the poem. The album “impels deep listening and demands to be taken in as a whole”, describes the press release. We’ll need to wait until September 30th when it drops via Constellation to embrace it fully. But luckily, we can already hear another staggering track from the album, ‘A Boat Upon Its Blood (Pt. 1)’.