Grapefruit Blvd

Helplessly Hoping

I'll Be Ready For Ya

staring out
staring out
into the horizon

with the sun
with the sun 
in her eyes and

can you see me
can you see me
hiding from a distance

slowly slowly
disintegrating 
in an instance

am I wrong
am I wrong
call out your name

reverie
reverie
help me remember

disintergrating

Tarmac

See you again was a song after passing of a love one. 

See You Again

Song For Dawn

The Alibi

Astrachan is the solo recording project of Berta Bigtoe’s Ben Astrachan.  Ben is an indie rock tapehead based in Chicago whose music channels Old Masters such as George Harrison and Cat Stevens, with an eye toward newer acts like Drugdealer and Dr. Dog.  From the months of May to November 2020, Ben experimented with a hybrid recording style that marries analog and digital modalities while reflecting on his recent bumblings across Nepal, Jammu Kashmir, and the American backcountry. His self-titled debut album, recorded at his Logan Square kibbutz and at his Treehouse Records studio, is the fruit of that endeavor.

Ladakh

Evergreen

Daydream

bass - dario bizio
mix - will hollis
master - ross nyberg
cover art - jack isacke

i’ll be smoking on sunset plaza
writing notes on my wrists 
as i stroll along the stolen hill
i hum a song that sounds like this

it sounds like 
it sounds like
it sounds like 

i’ll be squatting on a dirt patch
insects sitting on my sun tan
dance with gina on the mountain
best believe we’re humming songs that

sound like 
they sound like 
they sound like
they sound like

Sunset Plaza

26
moving moons of twilight,
were you swept by the tides?

disintergrating

lazy sun