Written by Jess Best & Connor Schultze
Produced by Connor Schultze 

Release Date: July 9th, 2021

U Bad

Sharing the original version of Coffee in the Morning, written and recorded at 88 Ridge Rd.  This recording was part of an album that Connor and I wrote as a gift for his parents when they were moving out of his childhood home.  We spent a week writing songs in each room and collecting sounds that we used in each recording. 'Coffee in the Morning' originated in the Kitchen :) This song was later rerecorded to be included on my album Saturday, which was released 4 years ago today <3
https://open.spotify.com/track/6FNOTA9gcK03rocm5fYTL5?si=8ebd7fd879f14a1b

Kitchen Song - (Coffee in the Morning)

Clear - A Note From my producer Connor

To all the artists whose work is sampled on this project: if you are reading this then this project has traveled farther than I ever imagined. I am humbled to know you’re listening and hope that you feel my curiosity and playfulness when hearing your work re-contextualized. It brought me so much joy to live in the worlds you all created and so much inspiration to be able to collage them together as a starting place for “Clear”. Thank you for dedicating your lives to creating imaginary places for people like me to get lost in. If any of you are offended by the way I used your work, or if you feel entitled to compensation in exchange for using your work, or 🤞🏼 if you just enjoyed listening I would LOVE to hear from you. connorschultze@gmail.com

To the labels, movie studios & anyone else who owns these artists’ material and feels entitled to compensation: that email above is obviously not my email please don’t try it.

To Paul, Alex & Jeremy: I’ve had some of my fondest memories making music with you and it makes me so happy you all are a part of this project. To many more moments together

To Scotty: The time Jess & I spent in your studio finishing this project is a moment in time we both hold preciously

To Jess: Thank you for making a creative space with no limits, for encouraging and enabling this project to be made even though we knew from the start it would never have a formal release




Samples:

Boyz II Men
On Bended Knee - No Hands
Doin' Just Fine - Waking Up to Dream
Uhh Ahh - Everything
Oh Well - Levitate
In My Life - Levitate
I Only Have Eyes for You - Blue Noon
Never Go Away - Blue Noon
The Meters
Jungle Man - Blue Noon
Bill Withers
Kissing My Love - No Hands
Black Street
Once in a Lifetime - Wildest Dreams
The Otis + Carla Band
Tramp - Can't Love You
Jagged Edge
He Can't Love You - Can't Love You
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams - Same Thing
Mary Jane Girls
All Night Long - Same Thing
Love
Doggone - Waking Up to Dream
Bernard Purdie
Lightyears Away - Wildest Dreams




Movies/TV: 

Plein Soleil 
The American Friend
Boogie Nights
The Office
Stepbrothers





Credits:
All Songs Written By Jess Best & Connor Schultze
All Songs contain uncleared samples as shown above


Connor Schultze (Producer, Mixing Engineer, Bass & Guitar all tracks)


No Hands - Jeremy Dutton (Drums)
Sour Cherry - Alex Graff (CoWriter, Electric Guitar) Jeremy Dutton (Drums)
Wildest Dreams - Jeremy Dutton (Drums)
Obey - Paul Bloom (Keys), Micah Hummel (Drums)

Recorded at our favorite studio in Greenpoint // Trial & Error Studios in LA
Mastered By Mike Fossenkemper Turtle Tone Studios

Same Thing (Bonus Track)

Obey (Bonus Track)

Wildest Dreams

Levitate

Blue Noon

Sour Cherry

Can't Love You

Waking Up To Dream

No Hands

written and recorded (December 26th - January 1st) in the basement of 88 Ridge Rd

all songs written, recorded and played by Jess Best and Connor Schultze

And A Quiet Place

Just An Old Stump

Nothing Left To Give

And You Will Be Happy / Not Really

Take

Often Alone

Time Went By (And Grew Older)

Very Much

And The Boy Loved

Every Day

And She Loved

Once There Was

Been releasing a lot of unpolished material lately in effort to start opening up my process. I've always thought there's something special about those first takes.  Here's a sound collage I made in the past few days reflecting on my time in transit in NYC. 

Written, produced, and recorded with Connor Schultze 
February 23-25, 2017 at Trial and Error Studios

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