final part of my 'distanced' album

Done with my pals on Wikiloops.com

Excess intense, eye-watering energy I didn't know what to do with then did. This. Overpowered turned into a music slap.

Lyrics and vocals by Erin Ruth, Guitar and music by Matthew Grady.

Okay... there's a lot to talk about with this goof ball. The first song I did this year had a drone-like fuzzy guitar. I did it again here but I wanted the song I put around it to be different than the other one, even though the changes are…

Clarinet played into an empty tube that formerly held a bottle of Scotch, which may have had some unconscious influence on the rough melodic form. Picked up by two contact mics into a Zoom H4n recorder. Submitted to Sound-In for 26/2-4/3/2021.

Recently I kind of remembered what it was like to be young and on the verge of an apocalypse. I apologize to Patty Smith, but I did.

The Memoryhole ------------------------------ Here was my house here used to be our shop now this is all that's left of the world where I grew up They changed the names of streets and squares and buildings and parks and statues were…

Stay cool & be prepared ----------------------------------------- we'll stock up on supplies and build a bunker in the yard we'll have freedom here and BBQ and beer and a swimming pool we'll do our own thing we'll set up our own…

Carl was inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Western Stars" album and wrote this song. As with other of his songs, I imported his recording of him playing guitar and singing and then added a few other things. There is a lot in the words here.