An Mhaighdean Mhara (The Mermaid)

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I wrote this song by accident.

The initial idea was a piano line I happened upon while jamming with a roommate in 2019, and iterated over again until recording a quick sketch of improvised vocal melodies and nonsense lyrics. I noticed the MIDI I had recorded for the piano line bore a striking resemblance to a mountain summit, and one night the theme clicked, and the verses came to me. Snowblind deals with parts of me I fear incapable of interfacing well with the world, reincarnated without the benefit of the cycle before. I don't want to explain everything I understand the words to mean, because it already does so for me, and can easily mean something else to any person that hears it.

This song was entirely finished 4 years ago, and sat waiting on me to decide it was good enough to put into the world. I spent those years feeling like my relationship to creativity was irreparably damaged, living with family and worrying about being perceived and feeling guilty about doing anything that wasn't in some way earning a paycheck. Since then, I've moved to Chicago and started over on the work to demolish the walls between myself and my outward person. I'll get there. The experience of recording this song is proof that I was able to do it before. I'll do it again.

Kelly Reaves: vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, programming, mixing, and mastering
Jon Heim: some composition & drum motifs

Recorded at a previous residence in Beaufort, SC.
Mixed at a previous residence in Statesboro, GA.
Mastered at home in Chicago, IL.

Snowblind

Okayfine "Snowblind"

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Home Is A Haven (w/Feyla)

Girl From The Coffeeshop

Pretty Memories

Baby, You're On My Mind

Matter Of Nothing

sunset ☀️
listen with headphones.
relax & enjoy<3
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJz9eEoscq2Q6A1UcX7aUQ?
- mkb

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