Give it a listen on the biggest speakers you've got, and download it...

RIGHT HERE.

It premiered over at Indie Shuffle only a moment ago.

This is the first in an ongoing series of new tracks I'm doing with my dear friend and longtime collaborator Brian Konicek (from Mason Proper). Not coincidentally, we are also working together on finally creating the Absofacto live show one or two or ten of you have suggested, requested... or assumed already existed!

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You were shaking like a leaf 
clinging hard to a sleepy branch 
and holding on for your dear life. 

Well if you fall, then you'll fall in 
and you'll spiral randomly 
no way to know where you're gonna land. 

and all the plans that you have made 
they are a million miles away 
waiting for you to come home 

and there's no breeze i've ever felt, 
no blow that I've been dealt, 
that could carry us back again 

but you can't stay here 
any more than I can 
any more than a hot minute or a heavy second or a half-life 
the cracked static of a geiger counter 

You remind me of a place 
the kind of world beneath your feet 
that disappears when you go there 

then you're trapped under the street 
drinking light through a sewer grate 
like you were born on a leap year 

but you can't stay here 
any more than I can 
any more than a hot minute or a heavy second or a half-life 
the cracked static of a geiger counter 

it's getting louder and louder 

but you can't stay here 
any more than I can 
any more than a hot minute or a heavy second or a half-life 
the cracked static of a geiger counter 

when you wilt I will love you 
and we will mix when you crumble 
we'll disintegrate and blow away.

For more details on the project and the rewards for contributing, or to pledge some funds to make it happen, please visit my Kickstarter page.

Update: It crossed 100%! Now any extra funds raised in the last few days will go to expanding the artwork, design, and hopefully being able to including things like a lyrics booklet. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far!

You can listen and download it...

RIGHT HERE.

My teeth are chattering. 
No speck of oxygen in my lung. 
The air is thin. 
Around me is all infinity.

They circle the ground and stare at the sky for my fall. 
No one else was dumb enough to climb it at all. 
I follow the smoke, dropping crumbs as a joke 
but they're not really a joke

Does it matter? 
Does it matter at all?

They only built the start... 
forgot the counterpart, there's no end. 
Too late to turn around... 
I'd never reach the ground

May as well keep pulling rungs 
and follow lines past the sun, 
on to other stars, 
and maybe I'll pass through one. 
Till the day will come when I can't move a thumb, 
following the trail of crumbs.

Does it matter? 
Does it matter at all? 
Nah.

You can listen and download it...

RIGHT HERE.

There's a funny thing that happens to me
every time it rains outside.
I almost hesitate to tell you.
I'm afraid you won't believe me at all…

because I used to lie all of the time
I know that you know that
but I've drawn the line,
I'm not making up any new lies.
I'm just maintaining the old ones...

Tiny gods, invisible to any instrument you know.
Too small to hold, and truth be told
they're impossible to either prove or disprove.

because I used to lie all of the time
I know that you know that,
but I've drawn a new lie line.
Yeah, I've drawn the line
It's a writhing kind,
but I still try and hold a couple toes at the edge

There's a funny thing that happens to me
every time it rains outside
I see 'em standing there...

They walk out of the rain
Who's that? What's this?
Nobody but me even knows that they exist
They only ever say, with tongues like knives,
"Nobody but you even knows we are alive."

You can listen and download it...

RIGHT HERE.
 

When I was growing up, the film Harold & Maude was a big deal in my household. My mother introduced it to my sister and me just as we were emerging into teendom. She had been obsessed with it when she was 18, and saw it something like 15 times in the theater.

It was probably the first point in our lives where something really bridged the generational gap between us, loving this strange little movie and its winning combination of dark humor, heartwarming/heartbreaking message about life, and beautiful music by Cat Stevens. It also was probably the first time I really understood that my parents were once as young as myself, and that there was no defined line between being a kid and being an adult... just a long, slow transition across the spectrum of age. It's not as if the 18-year-old girl that was compelled to watch this film over and over suddenly disappeared one day, being replaced by an unrelated adult pod-person version; the same girl was actually sitting there in the room with us. She was just at a later point on the spectrum, a point I'd slowly and smoothly transition to as well. 

Anyway, Harold & Maude will always have a special place in my heart because of all that. The music in particular is always with me. Spontaneously singing "Trouble" has helped me through more than one tough time. If you haven't heard "Trouble" and "If You Want to Sing Out," go search them on YouTube right away, please! 

I didn't sit down to write an homage to "If You Want to Sing Out."  Musically, my song has very little to do with it... but as soon as I sang the first line, "If you want to walk away, then you can," I knew where the sentiment was being borrowed from. Normally I wouldn't run with such a direct lyric like that, but it just felt right. Of course, I put my own spin on the concept and left the door cracked open for some self-deprecating pessimism to sneak in... you know me...

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[Loners]

You may have noticed it's apparently part of an album called [Loners]... but it's not actually an album at all.  It's sort of a persistent repository for new tracks that don't have homes yet.  I'll be adding songs to it as I finish them, and occasionally removing some if they become part of an official album or EP.  The songs in [Loners] can only be downloaded from my Bandcamp page... not iTunes, Spotify, or anything like that.  It may seem confusing, but it's all in the name of removing barriers to putting music out faster, and avoiding song droughts!

It is a 10 song album/mix tape/singles collection/whatever you want to call it, consisting of the first 8 singles I released since starting Absofacto, plus two brand new songs, all remastered to sit nicely together.

You can listen and download it...

RIGHT HERE.

It features new artwork from the unstoppable Chris Everhart of the Silent Giants, which you just looked at unless your eyes do a kind of weird thing where you see text but not images.

If you just want the two new tracks (with full "pay what you want"), go here and here.

The remastered versions have been added to All the Songs, and there are still a couple posters left, and plenty of t-shirts.

If you already bought the first 8 tracks and just want to update your collection with the remasters, email me and I'll send you a link.

If you love this music, please share it with your friends.  It makes my world go 'round.  You can let people listen to the whole thing using the "Share" link in this player:

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#1. A new single called "Feathers (Don't Change on Me)," which some of you may have heard yesterday in the Nashville Review.

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#2. Another new single called "I'm Gonna Make My Move," which none of you may have not heard never in the nothing.

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#3. A new remastered collection of the 10 singles I've released thus far (including the two new ones), called Sinking Islands.  Not making a big deal out of it yet because the artwork isn't ready, but since I was releasing the two singles I figured I'd put that up too.

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Pre-empting your questions!

#1. The remastered versions of the songs are only very slightly different from the old versions, so they'd flow better as an album.

#2. If you already bought all the previous singles and just want to get the remasters, email me and I'll hook you up!

#3. If you just want to get the new singles with my traditional "pay what you want" setup, just go here and here.

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Glad to be back, I missed you.

...RIGHT HERE.

You still have a few days left to use the discount code for a few bucks off the 7" if you want, and if you sign up for the email list in the box to the right you can still get the code.

Enjoy!

RIGHT HERE.

If you're on my email list, check your inbox for a discount code.  If you aren't, sign up in the box to the right and you'll get the code right away.  Also, eventually the digital download will be available without the 7", but until the preorder is over this is the only way to get it.

Enjoy!

I'm also remastering all the singles from last year, plus two brand new songs you've never heard before unless you've been hiding in my closet the last couple months.  From then on they will forever be...  associated.  Together.  The class of 2010.  Maybe they'll all get together in 2020 and compare paychecks, amount of hair, and spouses.

But don't worry, you'll still be able to get both the new tracks on their own.  You still look worried.  No, you still look worried, now you just also look like you're trying not to look worried.  You really shouldn't worry so much about things like that, they're no big deal!  I wouldn't worry about your weird ears either.  Most people probably don't even act like they notice.

P.S. If you've been hiding in my closet the last couple months you owe me $42 in rent.  Please just leave it in the pocket of that red shirt I haven't worn in a while.  You know the one.  I know you've been using it as a blanket.  Yes, in fact that is why I haven't worn it in a while.