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long division

by orchid mantis

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1.
straw dogs 02:13
lose it in the evening wish i could believe in anything at all anything at all i remember places gone for good everything is different but me sitting with the mystics nodding off listening to voices talk if there's no answer when will i ever have the time for what comes after did you forget that over time turn all the lights out i'll be fine
2.
sinking into empty space words just seem to slip away a list of things you heard but never cared to learn and it's so loud when it keeps you up it's so loud anyways
3.
falling apart don't know if you're down or not starving for light making changes all the time too late, found it wishing for something to take me from my skin
4.
dont wake me up with windows closed see you eye to eye it comes and goes we will find a way to something better
5.

about

the second of two small collections of songs written and recorded after yellow house. after three consecutive albums working at a certain sound i wanted to give myself space to experiment without expectations & introduce fresh ideas. for these songs, i revisited the methods of recording used for all of my earliest releases up until flashbulb memory - everything was captured on 4-track tape immediately after it was written, generally first-take, without questioning or fine-tuning. they are nocturnal songs meant for winter, long periods spent indoors.

straw dogs is an existential song about the tao te ching
long division is an anxious lullaby about overthinking
starving for light is a song about being inside for too long
don't wake me up is a ballad about uncertain optimism
outro (out of your body) is a song filtered through sleep

email me if you can't afford/want to talk
latesummersun@gmail.com

credits

released January 10, 2020

all songs written & recorded by thomas howard

ZT130 ~ Z Tapes Records ~ 2020

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orchid mantis Atlanta, Georgia

found sounds, tape collages, and pop songs about forgetting.

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