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hello loves.....

greetings from my desk in woodstock. i spent the day cleaning my kitchen.

i threw away 19 tops to plastic tubs that don't fit any plastic tubs.


here is the demo i recorded for zoe to work out the arrangement. i called it "big goth taxi"...

you'll notice that i TOTALLY LEFT OUT A VERSE. er.....THE MOST IMPORTANT VERSE. perhaps this will serve as proof to you that i truly don't give any shits when it comes to my demo work and i never think about it seeing the light of day in your earlobes....because if i thought about that, i just wouldn't be able to work. these recordings aren't "music" to me. they're messages, pieces of audio scrawled on diner napkins. but i like sharing this stuff with you. 

anyway. have a fun listen. this was recorded on iphone on my office piano in woodstock....

MP3: https://we.tl/MtsqLqlysc
WAV: https://we.tl/hKKKYgaCG7


UND

some extra photos by molly walsh:


and for fun...here are some of the drafts for the artwork that we DIDN'T use.
all the art by dustin yellin....design by braxton carter at fame house.

don't tell me that we made the wrong call. ahhhh, all right go ahead and tell me, it's too late anyway.




(and here is the final cover art i went with...)

i love you guys.

while i have you $5+ here...i know some of the $10/webcast tier are reading. heads up that we have a webcast coming up next week!!

STAY TUNED.


xxx

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Shannon Reed-Black

I’ve never listened to another person’s creative process before. That was intimate, and I don’t know why, but I’m having a bit of an unexpected tear-fall reaction.

Tacey O'Neil

I've got a drawer at home full of tubs without lids -- perhaps we should have met up!

Laura Wellner

What is up with the plastic lids, right? The containers stack wonderfully, while the lids just go higgledy-piggledy in there and must be fucking like rabbits. When I find them getting out of hand, I use them for paint pallets when I'm mixing a specific color. I've been making "The Book of Blue" this week. It's lovely. (I do need to clean my kitchen. But I did clean the bathroom!) The demo is a real treat, receiving these along with alternate covers and pictures, it's like I get to hold your sketchbook for a little while and browse through it. The finished song has been running through my brain while weeding in the garden...the milkweed is blooming, so the monarch butterfly nursery is open for new flutter-byes to be born. Happy first day of Summer! Love & hugs.

Cyrsea

Thank you for these glimpses into your process! PS. You chose right on the art. Third from the bottom is my runner up.

Monica Byrne

I love listening to the process porn beforehand. Even when--or especially when!--I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. Just....Artists In It.

Tamara

I snorted so loud at the tops to tubs. Storage tubs or take out food tubs? You can use two take out food tub tops to slice grapes/cherry tomatoes in half by the handful. Put the tomatoes in the top side of a tub top on a flat surface. Put as many tomatoes in as will fit. Place another tub top side down. Run a serrated or sharp chef knife through the center. Voila! Perfectly sliced grapes or tomatoes. That's my momlandia hack from me to you and everyone else who has to slice grapes and tomatoes all damn summer! I'm going to listen and read now.

Tamara

The round deli tubs. Just so we're clear. And you made the right choice on the cover.

Mercedes FD

Your poses in the photos remind me a lot of Sinead O'Connor (whom I have also adored)!