I've never felt so whole
Remember days when tunnel vision had me on the floor

Summer came with a subtle breeze
Winter came off and on
Every spring on the trampoline
Falls like leaves on the lawn
Grab a coat
Come along

I've been given devotion to grow
And I take it wherever I go
I was living a hell of a show
Now I fall in the river and flow

I've never felt so free
Remember days when tunnel vision had me on my knees

Drama came with a friend or three
Hollywood needs no one more
Right on time for a cup of tea
Openness waits at the door
With a boat
And an oar

I was swimming in oceans of dro
And forgetting to say my hellos
I was living a hell of a show
Now I fall in the wind and I blow


Keelan McDorman - Drums/keys/bass/vocals
Kers - Vocals
Bridget Hartman - Saxophone
Oliver Qiu - Guitar

Mixed by Keelan McDorman Mastered by Mitch Wenig at Downbeat Denver  (c) & (p) Openness 2021

Tunnel Vision

I've never felt so whole
Remember days when tunnel vision had me on the floor

Summer came with a subtle breeze
Winter came off and on
Every spring on the trampoline
Falls like leaves on the lawn
Grab a coat
Come along

I've been given devotion to grow
And I take it wherever I go
I was living a hell of a show
Now I fall in the river and flow

I've never felt so free
Remember days when tunnel vision had me on my knees

Drama came with a friend or three
Hollywood needs no one more
Right on time for a cup of tea
Openness waits at the door
With a boat
And an oar

I was swimming in oceans of dro
And forgetting to say my hellos
I was living a hell of a show
Now I fall in the wind and I blow


Keelan McDorman - Drums/keys/bass/vocals
Kers - Vocals
Oliver Qiu - Guitar

Mixed by Keelan McDorman
Mastered by Mitch Wenig at Downbeat Denver

Television Turnaround

Australian indie band Lucille Two asked Openness to collaborate on a recording of "You Only Live Twice," the classic theme song for the 1967 James Bond movie of the same name, originally sang by Nancy Sinatra. Even from opposite sides of the world (Australia and the US) they were able to make it happen by sending files back and forth. The idea for this song was to maintain the cinematic grandeur of the original production, but add a more psychedelic feel and electronic instrumentation. The footage in this video was shot by Lucille Two and Openness in Australia, Amsterdam, Colorado, and Utah.

Music video: https://youtu.be/nWBaSwUcXoE

Openness on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/671PTL2M4TT9q3vh9tkba4?si=VoP2z4XTRVen5nvrqA1uFw

Lyrics:

You only live twice, or so it seems
One life for yourself and one for your dreams

You drift through the years, and life seems tame
Till one dream appears and love is its name

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone

This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice

And love is a stranger who'll beckon you on
Don't think of the danger or the stranger is gone

This dream is for you, so pay the price
Make one dream come true, you only live twice


Openness on IG: @theopenness
Lucille Two on IG: @lucilletwolucilletwo

Openness on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/theopenness


Credits:

Trudy Bennett: Vocals, Synth
Keelan McDorman: Vocals, Drums
Jarrin Borg: Guitar, Bass
Simon Dobson: Synth

Produced and mixed by Simon Dobson at Lakehouse Audio
Mastered by Trent Dobson
Video edited by the magnetic Matt Shadbolt (IG: @mattbolt11)
Cover art by Paolo Kazuya Atayde

(c) & (p) Lucille Two & Openness 2021

You Only Live Twice (feat. Lucille Two)

I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
I don't care about the latest trends
I just wanna lay in the sunshine 
And listen to tunes
I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
and stay up on all the latest trends
I just wanna lay in the sunshine 
The sunshine with you

Open up your heart
Take my breath away
See what you can find

Come in as you find me
Looming into my land
The wind will remind me
And tell me you understand

We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again

Savor that glass of wine
Like it's your last one
See what you can find
Begin by the pine tree
(The future behind me)
Dreaming of your home land
You'll be right beside me
With the sunshine in your hands

I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
I don't care about the latest trends
I just wanna stay in the sunshine 
And listen to tunes
I don't wanna go downtown with your friends
and stay up on all the latest trends
I just wanna stay in the sunshine 
The sunshine with you

We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again
We got lost and found ourselves
What a trip it's been
And it's been here all along but we just now opened our eyes again

Lost And Found

I've been observing the neighborhood
It's been quiet since the students went home
For summer
This new horizon has come through you
Nothing need be said or need be thought

We put a daisy in the rifle barrel
And set our sights on something rather new
A world that's free of dilatory peril
To carry our true nature into view

As open skies inspire you
Everything you know will prove untrue
And once you wish for nothing new
Everything you wished for will come true

We've been going against the wind
And rowing upstream
In troubled waters
Chasing fallacy with false pretense
Chimera surrounds our windows

But now the veil has lifted from the windowpane
To show us we’re not our names or thoughts
More so psyches of freedom from addiction
To moments of eternity lost

As open skies inspire you
Everything you know will prove untrue
And once you wish for nothing new
Everything you wish for will come true

As open eyes inspire you
Everything you know will prove untrue
And once you wish for nothing new
Everything you've wished for will come true

And I extend my heart to you
All you thought imperative withdrew
When sun of morning makes you new
Everything you're holding passes through
Your hands

And I extend this life to you
And I extend this light to you

Keelan McDorman - drums, vocals, keys
Lauren Tilton (ii/lo) - vocals
Oliver Qiu - guitar, bass

Chimera

The moon is high
The creeks are full
I'll stay here forevermore
Dancing with stars
I long to bask in worlds of abstraction

Cause I can't wait to wake up without an alarm
Wide awake at dawn
I can't wait to wake up with no place to rush off to
I can't wait to wake up without an alarm and some time to sing this song
I can't wait to wake up with no place to rush off to

Lead the normal life
The normal lie
Is what they said
They said to be set free
All we must do is work till 64

Each breath will carry me back when all is said and done
I won't leave my dreams in my head
Each quest will carry me back to fallacy undone
I won't leave my dreams in my bed

Cause I can't wait to wake up without an alarm
I'll have slept from dusk till dawn
I can't wait to wake up with no place to rush off to
And I can't wait to wake up without an alarm and some time to sing this song
I can't wait to wake up with no place to rush off to

Keelan McDorman - drums, keys, vocals
Miranda Junasa (Miranda Rae Hey) - vocals
Oliver Qiu - guitar, bass

Rush Off

I got just one thing
That I've been dying to tell you
Just one thing
That's hangin’ out in my mind
Just one reason
That's lurkin’ in the rear view 
That's the reason
To leave behind

Keep your sky in the blue
I know it's been doom and gloom all day
Keep your sky in the blue
And find your soul beyond the Milky Way

Keep your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
And know I’m here for you

I got just one friend
They're riding high in the front seat
Just one friend
Who can't be preoccupied
Just one reason hangin’ out in the rear view
Just one reason of a new design
Just one reason I told you I can hear you
But endless reasons to speak my mind

Keep your sky in the blue
I know it's been doom and gloom all day
Keep your sky in the blue
And find your soul beyond the Milky Way

Keep your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue

Keep your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
Your sky in the blue
And know I’m here for you

I got just one thing that I've been dying to tell you

Keelan McDorman - drums, vocals, synth
Josh Van Wey - keys, bass

Keep Your Sky In The Blue

No destination
Aimlessly free
Bliss deep and sacred
And bliss is heaven, don't you know?

Out when no
No one else
Else is out
In rain
And dark
And snow

Awe upon arrival
Full moon to guide
Earth mother in love
Loves unconditionally pure

Out when no
No one else
Else is out
In rain
And dark
And snow to
Find myself

Days blend together
Nights cool the air
All breath is precious
But we're pretending not to care

Out when no
No one else
Else is out
In rain
And dark
And snow to
Find myself

Out when no
No one else
Else is out
In rain
And dark
And snow to
Find myself

Out when no
No one else
Else is out
In rain
And dark
And snow to
Find myself

Keelan McDorman - drums, keys, vocals, bass
Oliver Qiu - guitar

Out When No One Else Is

Oasis In The City

My story's forming
And you can't hold the pen
But don't you worry
You're in it my friend
Some folks wait from
From the womb to tomb to live
But they were dead all along
And never quite truly did

Cruising interstate forty
Get my kicks along the way
Fuck a 9 to 5 lifetime
I don't need it anyway

A chosen undefined story
Getting better by the day
I'll leave it here for mankind
With a common DNA

The past is waiting
For future to begin
But all they're seeing 
Is the moment we're in

Adore the journey
Cause that scenery goes to show
It's all not so
So serious as we suppose

Cruising interstate forty
Get my kicks along the way
Fuck a 9 to 5 lifetime (boring)
I don't need it anyway

A chosen undefined story
Getting better by the day
I'll leave it here for mankind
With a common DNA

Cruising interstate forty
Get my kicks along the way
Fuck a 9 to 5 lifetime (boring)
I don't need it anyway

A chosen undefined story
Getting better by the day
I'll leave it here for mankind
With a common DNA

Keelan McDorman - drums, vocals, bass, keys
Julia Stoermer (Jooly) - vocals
Oliver Qiu - guitar
Sam Waugaman - original writer of bass line, and outro
Cole Eckert - guitar in outro

Common DNA

Aspen eyes
Trust me
Cause they see
It's all just
Passing by
Above me
Cause they see it all in those eyes

Aspen eyes
Trust me
Cause they see
It's all just
Passing by
Lovely
Cause they see it all in those eyes

Keelan McDorman - vocals, keys, bass, additional drum sounds (bass line originally written by Cash Globe)
Will Cashion (Whitetrashwilly) & Chris Lee (Scooterraps) - drums and sounds

Aspen Eyes

You gotta love everyone you hate
Otherwise you won't change nothing
You gotta mean everything you say
I wanna have a real discussion

Psychedelic surrender
Freshens forlorn eyes
Gave us will to create
And gives the best advice
Psychedelic surrender
The story's yours to write
Something bigger than never
Something bigger than life

You gotta dig every step you take
Otherwise you won't dig nothing
Back pocket holds the whole planned escape
Grounds to hit the ground running

Psychedelic surrender
Freshens forlorn eyes
Gave us will to create
And gives the best advice
Psychedelic surrender
The story's yours to write
Something bigger than never
Something bigger than life

Keelan McDorman - drums, vocals
Julian Strütt (SENTO) - keys, bass
Emilia Richter - vocals
Oliver Qiu - guitar

Psychedelic Surrender

This place seems oddly familiar 
It’s like...It’s like the space between death and birth
These vibrations of sound and light
Blend together into a paradox that dissolved boundaries
Of space and time
And when I open my eyes
A sensory overload encapsulates my body and soul
And I can see life and death equally in living things and nonliving
Everything is alive really
And sometimes I forget to breathe in astonishment
Every preconceived notion society has bestowed upon me has dissolved

All that’s left is raw perception and pure emotion
A new way of seeing and feeling
New to me now
But really the oldest, oldest way
A return to the source
Paradigms shatter into the past and the future is now
My imagination is vibrantly catalyzed
And my deepest inner emotions are expelled
Like champagne exploding out of a bottle
My sentiments are no longer bottled up
I feel replenished
I breathe easy now

Keelan McDorman - drums, spoken words
Josh Van Wey - keys
Brodie Eastridge - guitar

Breathe Easy

Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets

Two days of mountain secrets
Monday you want some more
Two days of mountain secrets
Want to leave you wanting more

That cabin is so cold
But the fire keeps you warm
Red wine on a white rug is the risk I
Run all through the night

That cabin is so old
But the records keep me young
At the end of that old slow road lies shelter from the norm

Two days of mountain secrets
Tuesday you'll want some more
Two days of mountain secrets
Want to leave you wanting

Two days of mountain secrets
Wednesday you're wanting more
Two days of mountain secrets
Want to leave you wanting more

That cabin is so cold
But the fire keeps you warm
Red wine on a white rug is the risk I
Run all through the night

That cabin is so old
But the records keep me young
At the end of that old slow road lies shelter from the norm

Two days of mountain secrets
Thursday you’ll want some more
Two days of mountain secrets

Two days of mountain secrets
Friday you're wanting more
Two days of mountain secrets
Want to leave you wanting

Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets
Mountain secrets

Keelan McDorman - drums, bass, vocals, keys

Mountain Secrets

Last time that I saw you
We were walking downtown alright
A warm night above Skyline Park
Never saw a star so bright
There never has and never will be
Anyone quite like you
But last time that I saw you
We were walking downtown alright

Dreaming while my eyes are open wide
Scenes of majesty disguised as time

Last time that I saw you
We were walking downtown alright
A warm night above Skyline Park
Never saw a star so bright
There never has and never will be
Anyone quite like you
But last time that I saw you
We were walking downtown
(Play it slower now)

Dreaming while my eyes are open wide
Scenes of majesty disguised as time

Last time that I saw you
We were walking downtown alright
A warm night above Skyline Park
Never saw a star so bright
There never has and never will be
Anyone quite like you
The last time that I saw you

Keelan McDorman - drums, keys, vocals, bass
Ronan Dowling (Ronan Andrews) - Intro transition (keys)
Bridget Hartman - Saxophone
Oliver Qiu - guitar
Chere Merrick - vocals
Brodie Eastridge - lyric contribution

Skyline Park

The trees are growing close to me
And most recall
A kingdom growing cold in greed
Against the wall
I'll give it to the count of three
The kingdom will fall
So let us make a toast to be
Behold above all

As one we shall stand
As two we shall fall
From truth to all there is
We'll do what we can
Behold above all
In truth to all

As one we shall stand
As two we shall fall
From truth to all there is
We'll do what we can
Behold above all
In truth to all

We made a trip around the moon
In March and May
Imagining a snow in June
In West LA
The consequence of silver spoons
In tall buffets
Can leave from you this afternoon
Just come out to play

As one we shall stand
As two we shall fall
From truth to all there is
We'll do what we can
Behold above all
In truth to all

As one we shall stand
As two we shall fall
From truth to all there is
We'll do what we can
Behold above all
In truth to all

Keelan McDorman - drums, keys, vocals
Kyle Loeffler - bass
Oliver Qiu - guitar

Behold Above All

Hey, let's wander away
Bike through the rain
Leave behind our names

Days pass by so slowly
With no place to be
And no place to stay

Life is a passing show
Of ebb and flow
And you could be blind and see

Step outside your role
Into your soul
There you’ll find the axe forgets what trees remember

Let's wander away
Bike through the rain
Leave behind our names

Days pass by so slowly
With no place to be
And no place to stay

Life is a passing show
Of ebb and flow
And you could be blind and see

Step outside your role
Into your soul
There you’ll find the axe forgets what trees remember


Keelan McDorman - drums, vocals, bongos, percussion
Jaemeraquan David (Jaemeraquan) - bass, guitar
Hannah Stomski (Rosemary) - vocals

Trees Remember

Each breath will carry me back when all is said and done
Won't leave my dreams in my head
Each quest will carry me back to fallacy undone
I won't leave my dreams in my bed

Keelan McDorman - drums, keys, vocals
Oliver Qiu - guitar, bass

Fallacy Undone

Wake from a night of release
Feeling warm in gravity
Does it cost to believe in a dream 
Any more than anyone's bitter fantasy

Lost in Japan memories
As I stare through a tapestry
When I'm back on a cloud roaming free
Let me know if I can get anything you need

Last summer in Tokyo
Chasing me with Déjà vu
If I don't go back, tell 'em I'm sorry
This May I'll be heading out
Going anywhere I choose
If I don’t come back, tell 'em I'm sorry
I'm sorry so are you

Sun, welcome in, have a seat
Will you shine your rays so happily
Will you kiss through the glass and the trees 
Every wall in every room and everyone you meet

When I lounge on a porch overseas
Sipping wine, feeling fine
As I'll ever be
All those sounds of a life on a leash
Couldn't shade me from a call of funny majesty

Last summer in Tokyo
Chasing me with Déjà vu
If I don't go back, tell 'em I'm sorry
This May I'll be heading out
Going anywhere I choose
If I don’t come back, tell 'em I'm sorry
I'm sorry so

Last summer in Tokyo
Chasing me with Déjà vu
If I don't go back, tell 'em I'm sorry
This May I'll be heading out
Going anywhere I choose
If I don’t come back, tell 'em I'm sorry
I'm sorry so are you


Keelan McDorman - Drums, vocals, keys, bass
Elle Aleja - Vocals
Oliver Qiu - Guitar

Mixed by Keelan McDorman
Mastered by Adam P. Cissell at Dead Moon Audio

(c) & (p) Openness 2021

Last Summer In Tokyo

Openness isn’t interested in following trends, but rather seeks to explore our connection to the universe through the timeless expression of music. Enter the recording project of Keelan McDorman, brought to life through collaboration with a plethora of musicians. Openness songs are written out in nature and then recorded and produced in Keelan’s home, “The Open Nest” cottage in Denver, Colorado. The name is the essence of the music, for it is created from a place of openness. This translates to the listener, because when music is created genuinely, it will be received genuinely.
It is now crystal clear that humanity is at a point of unprecedented unbalance. The destruction of our own planet and all the unnecessary suffering is a result of the fact that we continue to take and take, while giving very little. There will come a time when there is no more left to take. We need to switch direction.
Openness seeks to give — to be part of a reversal of the direction of humanity by crafting songs of love . . . not love in the romantic sense, but a deeper kind of love which is rooted in an intuitive sensation of the interconnectedness of all things and the all-pervading awareness and contentment of the present moment. Journey Simmons of 303 Magazine writes, “Building connection – to ourselves, to each other, to the world around us — is the foundation of Openness’ artistic ethos.”
To categorize Openness is to put it into a box, but it has been described as indie dream pop, psychedelic soul, and lo-fi bedroom pop among others. Everything about each tune is entirely up for interpretation; take from it what you will. Keelan feels that the songs come through him rather than from him, as though he is more of a musical messenger than anything else.
So far, Openness has released 40 songs featuring 33 different musicians. That gives you an idea of the trajectory of Openness. This musical message is stamped for priority delivery.

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