Social scientists say that our attention spans are getting smaller with each successive generation. TV and the male obsession with the controller constantly flipping through stations trying to find something interesting to watch on 200 plus channels is the prime example of this behavior. So is Ladera Verdi which is the project of one Daniel Covert. This disc contains 23 tracks in just over 30 minutes. With a track to time ratio like that you would expect lots of short bits of sonic detritus and you’d be right in that assumption. Guitar seems to be instrument of choice for most the tracks although we get snippets of location recording, electronic ambience, and manipulated vocal experiments. On the whole most of tracks are interesting in themselves and make us wish for more development, and that may be the point. This disk would be a good choice for a remix album with artists taking the short tracks and making a whole new disk full of music out of all the little bits and pieces.