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Warmer is the singer-songwriter project of John Encarnacao. Under this, name John produced three albums during the 2000s before turning his attention to the more collaborative The Nature Strip, which also features singer-songwriter Peter Marley. John was invited to Hobart to work with producer David Carter to bring some tunes and make an album with his students at the Tasmania Conservatorium. The result is an album called Wooden Box With Strings, which will be released by Half a Cow in March 2020. It is full of acoustic guitars, a string quartet, and other delights... First release from the sessions is I Get So High I Can't Get Down,which threatens to turn digital platforms into the AM radio of old with its killer pop hooks and performances bursting with energy. While some have compared it to the classic good times of the Monkees, there's also something of a 90s lo-fi feel, even if that effect was achieved through oldskool mixing on an analogue desk.