Upon listening to Joe Kaplow’s (ka-PLOW) second full length album, Sending Money and Stems, the first thing that strikes you is his voice. Over the course of 10 concise indie folk tracks, his shimmering falsetto seems to dance with the strings of his guitar as it pulls you in and doesn’t let go. HIs voice has a hold on the Spotify app too, with more than 1.5 MILLION listens to the single' "Little Sleep" since it's 2021 release. Kaplow plays most of the instruments on the record himself, including guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards, percussion, and trumpet. When it came time for mixing though, he relied on the trusted hands and ears of Portland fixture, Mike Coykendall (M Ward, She and Him, Blitzen Trapper, Richmond Fontaine) as well as Lucas Heinel.
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