Bürstner and the Baby (2013)

Slow Dakota's second album, Bürstner and the Baby, arrived in September of 2013. The album was written in New York, Paris, and his childhood home in Indiana—complete with backing vocals by his sister, Sarah. The album’s instrumentation and production are remarkably simple, even rustic, featuring grainy recordings of ukulele, percussion, brass, and a piano passed down from Sauerteig’s grandparents. The album’s seven songs weave an alternating dialogue between a young mother and her unborn fetus.

The album received very little attention when it was released in 2013; but over time it's attracted several glowing reviews. England's Calliope Magazine, for example, praised it as "elaborate and remarkable... You'll be a different person by the end of it." For all that Bürstner packs in, the album is only a brief 22 minutes long: you can download it for free, here.