a lo-fi losangelican love letter to record stores, 90s UK indie, the beach, toro y moi, primal scream, jai paul, the beta band, beck, jay som, the charlatans, kings of convenience, the isley brothers, dj shadow, unkle, david axelrod, n.e.r.d., damon albarn, shoegaze, and you.
//
written and recorded in my garage in los angeles and my bedroom in nashville.
//
lately - i’ve always loved that heavy cello that underpins “the number song” on endtroducing and wanted to create something similar on this chorus
so you say - a combination of athletic acoustic guitar and rave pianos
stay gold - stay true
be by you - all the time
higher - dance in slow motion
alright alright - it’s all going to be alright. (also i love those fuzzy organ keys that come in after the chorus.)
won’t you stay - if four tet ever went full indie-folk but kept the beats in the club
anywhere else - i recorded the waves at playa del rey beach on my iphone in a very strong wind. then thought i’d add some meditative drums and bleeps.
away - “nursery rhyme” by unkle ft badly drawn boy on the psyence fiction album was always a great palate cleanser when listening to the album all the way through. this is my version of that, with added flute on the chorus.
the only one - love this percussion that sounds like you’re rattling the cutlery drawer
so nearly home - when you’re just about to get something you’ve wanted and worked towards for so, so, so long. this is that feeling.
//
thank you for listening.
//