i have written way too many songs
this will be mostly solo but with a few guests
probably a new “band” but i don’t know what to call it
i was at first exploring doing much of it digitally, synths, amp sims, all that, but i have instead started to embrace giving it a strong sense of “place”. i’m trying to run just about anything i can through an amp, recording things from far away to pick up as much natural room tone as possible. my album “c” was largely an experiment in trying to capture the physical space of my home in music, this is a continuation of that project, albeit in a more traditionally “rock” context.
every song WAS going to be really short. 2-3 minutes. some even shorter than that. many of the songs have expanded greatly in the process of recording. that’s just the way it goes. expect some “epics” surrounded by some tight 3 minute pop songs.
in addition to my usual guitar, bass, piano, synths, etc, i play violin and accordion on it and a friend plays harmonica. if i get my hands on any other new instruments they might appear as well.
my lyrics are going to some strange places. it’s hard to force a particular direction. i let the words spill out as they will. i have a lot to process. i lost my best friend last year and since have felt 5 different ways about it at a time. a cover of one of her songs might make it on here. i have no pretenses of speaking on anything profound. music is just music. making music is what i do. i don’t speak in secret codes, i just keep my head down and do my job and what ever part of me exists outside of music will surely cast a shadow on it.
i’m very excited about where this is headed. i’m creating with a freedom not necessarily MORE free than what i’ve experienced creating a label-backed glass beach record, but certainly free in a sense i have not experienced since i started filling in “musician” on tax documents
i’d like to post more updates here as i go along. i don’t mean to be mysterious or anything. i am just very careful with my words and very shy and can only make a post like this if i just start typing and don’t look back and don’t edit and let myself sound a bit weird and dumb
my goal is to create beauty - the kind of beauty you hide your eyes from like the sun, and love - the kind you’ll hate yourself for knowing you deserve
no release date. it will come out the second i know it’s done