Arend’s latest work, “Demo-Listen Derby 2020,” began as a biweekly demo series on Patreon and has evolved into a three-volume EP-set and an ongoing yearly project. For Arend, “Demo-Listen Derby” is an exercise in anti-perfectionism, following after self-recording heroes such as Richard Swift and Sufjan Stevens. Each song from the set is one-take, recorded on one-mic in his home studio, and resultantly, the sonic aesthetic is not unlike ‘60s and ‘70s guitar-and-voice folk records.

Arend Lee Jessurun - songwriter, vocals, guitar, producer, mixing & mastering engineer, artwork

All my yesterdays
are scratched into a plaque.
I know all my mistakes
when I’m looking back.

You bend and break,
you push and shove.
You wreck and make
and fall in love.
You live and learn
and turn around.
You get you your turn
to get lost and found.

I deconstruct to smithereens.
I dreamed a dream you hated me.
I’m fighting with my multitudes.
My soul, now what’s the matter, you?

You bend and break,
you push and shove.
You wreck and make
and fall in love.
You live and learn
and turn around.
You get you your turn
to get lost and found.

Get Lost And Found (Demo)

(AIR•end lee JESS•ur•un)
Singer-songwriter, producer/engineer, music educator, quiet coyote 🤘🏻