St. Eustacia is the second album by singer Kate Rogers

Kate Rogers

Kate Rogers is the cousin of Grand Central Records head, Mark Rae. She was born just outside Toronto, Canada and as a child studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music....

, and her debut album of original material. It was recorded in her native Canada. The album title takes its name from the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

 island of Sint Eustatius.

Rogers' earlier recordings had almost all been as the featured vocalist on other Grand Central artists' tracks. In defining her own sound, Rogers moved away from the usual electronic

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 sound of the label. Whilst maintaining the melancholic vocals and downtempo

Downtempo

Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...

 style, most of the tracks on St. Eustacia were backed up by the acoustic guitar

Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

 of guitarist and co-writer Matt Bannister.

It was released on Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...

in 2004, to critical acclaim.

Track listing

1. "Welcome" – 4:33
2. "Not Ten Years Ago" – 4:04
3. "Mighty" – 5:56
4. "The Apology" – 3:07
5. "Odyssey" – 4:46
6. "Nothing Appeals To Me Here" – 5:21
7. "Sidelines" – 5:04
8. "Joan" – 4:17
9. "Sum It Up" – 3:21
10. "This Collective" – 4:59
11. "St. Eustacia" – 5:21