Alt-pop songwriter Quinn XCII reaches for a mellower folk-pop sound on his seventh album, ‘LOOK! I’m Alive.’ Working with Venice-based producer Adam Friedman in his home studio, the Detroit native opens up about his creative process in exclusive commentary, saying he “felt like a kid again,” trying out new ideas without overanalyzing them. Touching on his personal affinity for songs about the afterlife, Quinn notes that “Olive Tree” is his contribution to the mysterious subject, sharing he’s drawn to “the sheer unknown of it.” Of the track, “Live & Let Go,” a collaboration with Dispatch, he says it’s about a lesson learned to “live your life and trust that things will fall into place the way they were meant to.” Elsewhere on the project, Quinn shares that the stripped-back “Florence” is named for his baby daughter, his first child. “It’s the first of many songs, I’m sure,” he tells SoundCloud. Listen now.

Voice Notes: Quinn XCII

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Alright I woke up with a head rush
In my bed 
Is that alright?
Head up mind off
Is that okay?
Got outside  
Just to hollow out 
My shell
Oh I gotta leave on
I better hold my breath

Sentimental to a strange time 
Holdin' me down 
I found peace on the couch
Only problem was a short ride away from your house
Fell in love with the feeling of hiding out on you too much
Gotta mend my days
Ain’t no pace I can’t roll

How will I last with the life I know 
With the life we chose?
I’m gonna walk with the step I know
Oh I call that home 

Post
All on you 
Oh I’ll save us 
Boy are you wasting time 
Point of view 
All our mistakes blur
Oh and I love that part 

Talk out so I know you’re breathing 
All out of speakin'
Hidin' your own mind
For now your only engagement’s 
What you know is waiting 
For you on the outside 

How’d all of my breathing go tired?
How’d all of my head get rewired?
For a change I know it’s best 
I coulda left New Orleans fast 
Told my head to rest
Lived on through the feeling
Oh I deal with

How will I last with the life I know 
With the life we chose?
I’m gonna walk with the step I know
Oh I call that home 

All on you 
Oh I’ll save us 
Boy are you wasting time 
Point of view 
All our mistakes blur
Oh and I love that part 

Part 
Oh all on you 
Ooo oooo
All on you

Georgia Walks

Dinner EP

Ice Cold

Mirror (feat. Arden Jones)

Olive Tree

Hold My Love

Yellow Brick Road

Suburbs

LOOK! I'm Alive

Kissed The Sun

Live & Let Go

Voice Notes: Quinn XCII on "Live & Let Go"

Voice Notes: Quinn XCII on "Olive Tree"

Voice Notes: Quinn XCII on "Yellow Brick Road"

Blu (Acoustic)

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