November 17, 2015 (vol. 125, iss. 31) • Page Image 6
…various forms of inspiration. Pulling from the “trippy colors of my grandfather’s painting” to the production styles of producers like Steve Osbourne to the mental space she was in at the time, Carlton was able to construct her most peaceful, minimalist, folk- inspired album. “There’s something about being minimal and presenting just the essentials. I think that I had, in the past, come from a flamboyance,” Carlton said. “And ...…