Flare

Deceptive, bittersweet love songs pervade the Flare sound -- a mixture of L.D. Beghtol's classically trained voice, his ukulele, and a collection of musical toys, as well as a small army of musicians including Jon DeRosa of Dead Leaves Rising and Aarktica, Mother West studio's owner Charles Newman, and Mark Gunderman on violin. The group is constantly in rotation with members of Iida, Magnetic Fields, and various others lending their musical eccentricities to the project. Flare was started by painter Damian Costilla and Beghtol in 1996 as an outlet for their refined tastes i...