This album was written deep in one of the lockdowns of 2021; I had no idea I was making an album. It seems to me that this thing we give a singular name to is actually a loose net wrapping around clusters of time and experiences that branch out, unruly, in all directions.

Things callous us: adventure, work, money, time, even love. Underneath is a soft skin that feels everything as if new. Everything that has happened is still happening there, all at once, along with everything that will happen. It’s a busy place. I found that songs hide there, waiting. They are maps that mark out the locations of those inner sites and topographies. I mapped some of mine. I shared the maps with my friends. I felt everything with them as if new; we made this together with our soft hands and hearts, and pass it now to you.
credits
released December 3, 2023

All songs written by J Garton, SOCAN 2023
Recorded live off the floor at Hidden Well Studio, Cumberland, BC
Produced by Corwin Fox and Jack Garton
Special thanks to David Newberry

Noah Walker - Electric and acoustic guitar, musical cartography
Jodie Ponto - drums, percussion, backup vocals, album photography
Steven Charles - upright and electric bass, piano, baritone guitar, backup vocals
Corwin Fox - banjo, backup vocals, emotional support
Jack Garton - vocals, accordion, trumpet, Rhodes, organ, piano, classical and acoustic guitars, mellophone, secret reeds

Additional vocals by Ashley Robyn and Carolyn Mark

Album cover design by Jack Garton, Christache Ross and Martin Reisle
Album Calligraphy by Martin Reisle


Thank you to the Werner Fox family, the Garton Hamer family, The Waverley Hotel, Bibliotaco, Ron and Kathy Legrove, Avi Bryant, Dave Ages (and Montelobo mezcal, Rumi, TLC, and Snoop Dogg)

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I Can't Trust My Heart

Hey Grandad

Good Times

Don't Feel At Home

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Coming Back To Life Again

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