Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part is an album of songs written and performed by Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion. With Shaw on vocals and Sō filling out this new band, they developed songs in the studio, with lyrics inspired by their own wide-ranging interests: James Joyce, the Sacred Harp hymnal, a poem by Anne Carson, the Bible’s Book of Ruth, the American roots tune “I’ll Fly Away,” the pop music of ABBA, and more.

1. To the Sky
2. Other Song
3. Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
4. The Flood Is Following Me
5. Lay All Your Love On Me
6. Cast the Bells in Sand
7. Long Ago We Counted
8. A Gradual Dazzle
9. A Veil Awave Upon Waves
10. Some Bright Moring