Minta & The Brook Trout

new album
Minta & The Brook Trout
Photo by Vera Marmelo

Stretch is a luminous record.

There are songs about everyday things,
such as broken hearts,
messy rooms,
ferry boats,
airplanes, walking around
and a whole lot of trying to make light
of all sorts of situations.


Minta & The Brook Trout tour Canada

Stretch
album art by José Feitor, graphic design by Pedro Serpa

Shelley Short (US) and The Weather Station (CA) lend their wonderful vocals to a track each, making this the most international record in the Lisbon-based band's history.




With art by longtime collaborator José Feitor, and graphic design by Pedro Serpa, Stretch is available on CD, vinyl and as a digital album.




Stretch

Minta & The Brook Trout’s 5th record
is 30 minutes and 3 seconds long

all songs by Francisca Cortesão
arranged by Minta & The Brook Trout
produced by Mariana Ricardo and Francisca Cortesão

Francisca Cortesão: vox, whistle, acoustic and electric guitars, charango, keys, synth

Afonso Cabral: electric guitar

Margarida Campelo: rhodes, piano, clavinet, synth

Mariana Ricardo: bass, banjo, autoharp, farfisa, synth, tambourine, vox

Tomás Sousa: drums and percussion vox

The Weather Station: vox in ‘Born To Be Mild’

Shelley Short: vox in ‘Please Make Room For Me Please’

recorded by Nelson Carvalho and Tiago Correia at louva-a-deus, in Lisbon, Portugal. Shelley Short recorded by Ande Foster and Georgia Rose at Gympie Flexi Studio in Gympie QLD, Australia. The Weather Station recorded by Moritz Kerschbaumer at louva-a-deus. additional recordings by Mariana Ricardo at Hide and Make Inactive and louva-a-deus. mixed by Eduardo Vinhas at Golden Pony, Lisboa. mastered by Mário Barreiros at MB Studio, Vila Nova de Gaia.