to me, that's a cool bio

...the rest are just software instruments in Logic). At first I thought what I had made was a demo, but then I realized it got the idea perfectly just so. The distorted vocal of me saying “rip rop” etc that comes in at 2:40 is, to me, the most delicious part of the song.

Andrew Livingston blessed this song with a cute lil intro & outro. There were many takes that were equally delightful, but this is the one you get to hear.

Otherwise, this is the only track with me playing any instruments (the bass line me playing a Yamaha Reface...

It’s a song about feeling useless. It pours it on a little thick, but I think it’s useful to pour it on thick when you’re having a pity party for yourself. This song might be a useful tool to you if you’re feeling pretty dumb and you want to wallow in that feeling for a moment.

you can really get to know a particular bathroom that way

it’s a portrait of the seeker who has reached the limits of their ability to function in the moral/spiritual system they come from. I hope it’s not too on the nose to have the “talk slowly and repeat yourself several times” mode of talking in a foreign place illustrated in the vocals? Thoughts?

Lyrically, it’s about trying to find an easy spiritual out in a culture that isn’t yours. The narrator is like unto a Westerner doing “Eat Pray Love” or a settler colonist trying to “going native”. We have no idea what the people getting this framework put upon them feel, but rather...

I wrote this one in one go in 2022, kicked around different arrangements & ultimately something with accordion & trombone and pizzicato bass + voice was the right fit. @whatcoloris.bsky.social did a particularly nice job with the accordion, here’s a photo of us rehearsing from a couple months ago.