KAINA
Next to The Sun
Album is available on Pink and Black Vinyl, CD, and Digital Download. Purchase of physical album includes Digital Download from the Sooper Store.
PINK VINYL LP: limited edition 12-inch Opaque Pink Vinyl record including full color 11 x 11 double sided insert containing original artwork and lyrics. Shrink-wrapped with a digital download card.
BLACK VINYL LP: 12-inch Black Vinyl record including full color 11 x 11 double sided insert containing original artwork and lyrics. Shrink-wrapped with a digital download card.
CD: Full color Digipak (4 panel) with cardboard gatefold cover and clear plastic tray. Shrink-wrapped with a digital download card.
"Kaina’s hushed vocals will cradle you, even when she’s whispering about death."
- ROLLING STONE
"Hits like a spring day."
- NPR
"..an album that crosses cultural and musical borders, a project equally beholden to her native Chicago and her Venezuelan and Guatemalan background"
- BANDCAMP DAILY
"These are the works of an artist embracing the whole of her identity in a sound that’s equally unique and epitomizing of all Chi-Town can be."
- CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND
"Lush and envelpoing"
- FADER
“We’ve craved more of Kaina’s hushed R&B for a minute, and now the Venezuelan-Guatemalan singer is finally back with new music. The Chicago artist’s breathlessly soulful voice lends itself well to 'Green,' a meditation on ancestral bonds. 'I’ve been through so many moons,' she coos, as heartwarming images of a chosen & blood family dinner of arepas flash across the screen. The jazzy, horn-filled production would make Mario Bauzá proud.”
- REMEZCLA
Produced by Kaina Castillo & Sen Morimoto
Recorded & created in the homes of Kaina, Sen and with Brok Mende at AudioTree Studios
Mixed and mastered by Brok Mende at AudioTree Studios
Additional help from:
Joei Simone Langford (love advice) on track 6
Paige Pohlad (vocals) on tracks 1, 4, 5 & 6
Ryan Person (drums, vocals) on track 1&2
Isaac Pearl (drums) on track 9
Samuel Veren (trumpet) on track 9
Cover art, creative design and direction by Glenda Lissette
Additional design by Chris Fanelli, Tim Curley and Greta McGuire
