...And it's finally done, after 3 months of hard work. So excited to share this song with you guys. It's a slower synthpop piece with lots of vocal work.

Released 1-31-2014!
Adduct Records: ADDU003 - ochrence - Keep Me Around
iTunes: http://bit.ly/1i4Fo24
Bandcamp: http://ochrence.bandcamp.com/track/keep-me-around
~ochrence

Lyrics:
I don't know
How to say
Things these words
Can't convey
Silence cuts
To the core
But I won't let it talk anymore

You seem so happy, but you
Can't tell me why
Through all the nightmares
Time is slowly crawling by
And you're so devoted, when there's
Nothing to lose
But let it fade away
So that you never have to choose

And you kick me down
But you keep me around
Let me go
And you play your role
And you sell your soul
Take it slow

And to shine
Through the rough
Is the best
Not enough
Brace up for
The attack
These white lies fall apart, staining black

You seem so nervous, I was
Too hard to find
But you are so callous
To the ones you leave behind
Tell me you're sorry, when you
Need me to lose
Another perfect day
Because you never had to choose

And you kick me down
But you keep me around
Let me go
And you play your role
And you sell your soul
Take it slow (x2)

Keep Me Around

A reflection on finding love after loss and the healing power of human connection. Released Feb 2nd, 2024 (my first new track since 2020).

Song written, performed, produced, and mixed by Ethan Craigo; mastered by Will Kennedy. Cover photograph captured by Grace Li and edited by Ethan Craigo.

Don't Feel Like Dancing

The B-side from Restart, my first official release in almost five years. Released December 25, 2018 and available now in all major music stores. It’s a musical setting of a poem I wrote a long time ago about the difficulties of love and loss. Features vocal harmonies, noisy textures, and warped melodies. I originally put it out as a demo in 2014 but revised it pretty heavily this year.

Restart

Brevity

The A-side from Restart, my first official release in almost five years. Released December 25, 2018 and available now in all major music stores. Ironically, it's a setting of a poem I wrote about not being able to finish any musical projects. Pretty noisy/experimental singer-songwriter synthpop that nods to lots of different genres.

A chilled-out, nostalgic song off of the album ochrence, available at http://ochrence.bandcamp.com

Sunset

A song about some tough places many of us are in right now. Conceived in March 2020 and produced on and off until August.

Lyric video: https://youtu.be/FqAVk9f7xIk
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2DfQKW8
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3gThPfO
Bandcamp: https://ochrence.com/track/faces

100% of proceeds from purchases and streams of this track made by October 1st will be donated to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI, nami.org). NAMI is an important organization that works tirelessly to erase mental health stigmas, to provide support to those in need, and to advocate for public policy to prioritize intervention over incarceration. I am proud to support them in these challenging times and hope that you will too!

Faces

electronic music producer, singer

contact: ochrence [at] gmail [dot] com

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