Grafts (album)

Grafts
Studio album by
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Released26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)
Length22:31
LabelBoomkat Editions
Kara-Lis Coverdale chronology
Aftertouches
(2015) 		Grafts
(2017) 		From Where You Came
(2025)

Grafts is a solo studio album by Canadian composer, musician, and arranger Kara-Lis Coverdale.[1] It was released on 26 April 2017 through Boomkat Editions.[2]

Background

Kara-Lis Coverdale is a Canadian composer, musician, and arranger.[1] She was born in Ontario and attended music school at the University of Western Ontario.[1] In 2010, she moved to Montreal.[1] She released A 480 (2014) and Aftertouches (2015).[1] Grafts was released on 26 April 2017 through Boomkat Editions.[2] It consists of one composition separated into three parts: '2c', 'Flutter', and 'Moments in Love'.[3]

Grafts was reissued in an expanded edition on 15 July 2020 through Boomkat Editions.[4] It includes a 20-minute piece, "Undo", on the B-side.[5] In addition to a digital release, the expanded reissue edition was made available on gold-colored vinyl, with a new artwork and program notes written by Coverdale, limited to 700 copies.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.7/10[6]
Resident Advisor4.2/5[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor commented that "Coverdale's interests in classical and experimental electronic approaches have tended to exist in separate spheres."[7] He added, "On Grafts, she brings them together beautifully."[7] Thea Ballard of Pitchfork stated, "With Grafts, Coverdale seems to propose a decidedly agnostic vision of what devotional electronics could mean in our contemporary moment, folding a natural awareness of technology's forms into music that feels insistently about being present."[6]

In 2019, Tiny Mix Tapes placed Grafts at number 99 on its list of the "Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade".[9]

Accolades

Year-end lists for Grafts
Publication List Rank Ref.
Crack The Top 100 Albums of 2017
74
[10]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017
91
[11]
Resident Advisor 2017's Best Tracks
—
[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes 2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases
40
[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kara-Lis Coverdale.

Grafts track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Grafts" ('2c' / 'Flutter' / 'Moments in Love')22:31
2020 reissue edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
2."Undo"20:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Simpson, Paul. "Kara-Lis Coverdale". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts". Boomkat. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Eede, Christian (16 July 2020). "Kara-Lis Coverdale's 'Grafts' Gets Expanded Reissue". The Quietus. Archived from the original on 23 September 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts (Expanded Reissue)". Boomkat. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  5. ^ Rugoff, Lazlo (21 July 2020). "Kara-Lis Coverdale's Grafts reissued in expanded edition". The Vinyl Factory. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b Ballard, Thea (3 May 2017). "Kara-Lis Coverdale: Grafts". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Ryce, Andrew (23 May 2017). "Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts". Resident Advisor. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  8. ^ Beane, Pat. "Kara-Lis Coverdale - Grafts". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  9. ^ "2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade (page 1 of 6)". Tiny Mix Tapes. 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  10. ^ "The Top 100 Albums of 2017 (100-51)". Crack. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  11. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of 2017". Vice. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  12. ^ "2017's Best Tracks". Resident Advisor. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  13. ^ "2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases (page 2 of 5)". Tiny Mix Tapes. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  14. ^ Kara-Lis Coverdale (2017). Grafts (vinyl booklet). Boomkat Editions.
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