From kay: 
“The source of these songs is a mystery to me, a deep and abiding one, and more than anything else, I seek to keep my channel open to honor the vitality that comes through. I have had help in so many ways from many people. First and foremost, I want to thank Rip Florence, not only for his mad producing skills but also for his kindness, support, and calm, steady encouragement. I want to thank all the amazing folks who play on Mondays at the Ugly Mug Cafe in Soquel, CA., Planet Earth. It is so life-affirming to share in the weekly ritual we enact of holding space for each other. I have made friendships I never expected and have grown there as a songwriter, performer, and person. Thanks to all my friends, particularly Kristen and Marcus Cortez, for feeding me in so many ways and who let me play for my dinner; and to Tamera Parks for helping me believe I could come out as Trans, for being there at my shows and teaching me about gracefulness; and to Cathy Head for her insight and unwavering support of me, in more ways than I can recount. Finally, I want to acknowledge and thank Steve Volk, owner of the Ugly Mug Cafe, for his unflagging support of local musicians and artists, for his perpetual motion, and for his generosity and encouragement: he knows how I feel about him.” 


From rip: 
"My friend Kay has made a truly unique, special, and much-needed intrinsic contribution to music and the local community via her debut album, ‘One Candlelight.' 

This type of musical endeavor makes me feel most fulfilled in curating this label and collaborating with community… 

I knew that when I first met Kay, heard her music, and learned about her personal journey, I wanted to collaborate with her. She had told me that after coming out as Trans and navigating a tumultuous divorce, as a consequence of her coming out, she felt empowered spiritually and ready to start sharing her music publicly. Much to the benefit of us all… 

Kay’s songs are empowering and all about the spirit of being hopeful, kind, loving, and true to oneself. Because of her energy and what she brings to the songs she writes, I have found her music to be extremely compelling, and it’s been so enjoyable to listen to these songs repeatedly while in the mixing and mastering process of this project. 

In the contemporary social media marketing landscape - where people clamber for each other’s attention via signaling the idea of being cool or popular: often by homogenizing and assimilating their appearance and creative contributions - Kay is truly original and insanely cool. The coolest of cool is being genuine, wholehearted, loving, encouraging, and kind to all the people she meets in her life. 

With SDR, my goal has always been to collaborate with local, marginalized, niche, idiosyncratic, sincere musicians and collaborate with them to realize their dreams - often recording, mixing, and mastering their debut and sophomore releases. 

I feel really great about collaborating with Kay on this project, and I hope that her music lands with the audience she deserves one that values community empowerment in music, altruism, the intrinsic creative impulse, and not being afraid to be a genuine artist even if it means not being the most popular. Nurturing that honest spirit is what this label and outsider music are all about!"

live from within - kay

Lyrics:
One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
   My baby’s got herself a strange occupation, yeah, oh yeah
I find her nightly in this odd situation, yeah, oh yeah
   I wake up from my slumbers
To her soft voice counting out
So many lovely numbers
So I ask her what it’s all about
And she says
One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
   She turns and looks my way
And my heart jumps when she says
I love you, I let me count the ways
   And so I joined her in her new fascination, yeah, oh yeah
You’ll find us nightly in this odd situation, yeah, oh yeah
  I have no need for slumbers
Just wanna hear her counting out
So many lovely numbers
We’ve got this whole thing figured out
And she says
   One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
   This happens every day
Still my heart jumps when she says
I love you, I can’t count the ways
   One two three four, five six seven eighth, yeah, oh yeah
Nine ten eleven twelve, thirteen fourteen and fifteen, oh yeah
I love you, I can’t count the ways
I love you, I can’t count the ways

The Lovely Numbers - Vee Ivy & The Conures

Lyrics:
Mannequin, I’m alone again
You know it’s only you I’m seein’
Push my hands into yours again, why don’t you
Hold me back when I hold you
   I know it really, can’t be such a thrill
Standing there, in the windowsill
Was it all just, only time to kill?
All these things and, yet I still
   Oh, when I see you standing there, you move me
Even if I’m not the only one
   Oh, when I see you standing there, you move me
Even if I’m not so special now
   Oh, when I see you there, you move me
So whatever’s in store, I’ll be right by your door
   You don’t need to take pity on me
Mannequin, I’m alone again
I don’t really care where you’ve been
Find myself in your arms again, why don’t you
Hold me back when I hold you
   Why don’t you smile with eyes that don’t exist?
Why don’t you pull me back from this precipice?
I’m running out of good things to say
You know I can’t see it any other way
   So whatever's in store, I’ll be right by your door
I only wish that you could see.
   Mannequin, I’m alone again
You know it’s only you I’m seein’

Mannequin - Vee Ivy & The Conures

Lyrics:
He’s hateful and dull
In all the worst ways
You light up the room 
Even on the grey days
But do my eyes lie now?
Are you holding his hand?
Why you like him I will never understand
       I’ve never been quite right
They say I’m a fool
I always wanna fight
Every standard or rule
So I never could quite grasp
Why a woman loves a man
So why you love him I will never understand
         I can’t understand
Why you care for him now and you act like it’s required
Why you’re holding his hand
After he told you boldly that he’s always been a liar  
He bores and he ignores you
But you still say it’s all fine
Trying to get why you haven’t left him yet
Is hurting my mind
       I’ve done nothing for you
I barely even said “hi”
But someday if you’re willing
To give someone else a try
I’ll stand beside you
I’ll do all that I can
But why you liked him I will never understand 
But why you don’t hate him I will never understand

I Will Never Understand - Vee Ivy & The Conures

Lyrics:
You find yourself fending off the allegations
I wonder how you find yourself in these situations
You’re worming your way out of their stipulations
Somebody better bring you right into the station
   Well I know where you live
And I know what you did
So you better run, run, run, run, run
Cause I’m coming after you
Yeah you better run, run, run, run, run
         Daikon!
You think you’ve gotten off with a good clean break
But thinkin’ like that is a fatal mistake
I don’t know how much more of your __ I can take
If you go to bed now, you better stay awake
   And now you think you’ve got it made
Get away with anything, it’s ok
Having a laugh with your wife cause you liked
But don’t look now I’m standing right outside

Daikon!! - Vee Ivy & The Conures

Lyrics:
You had a pink DS lite
that you played on the floor
Gave the party guests a fright
Then they said “you’re so sweet”                              
When you’re grown
I wonder who you’ll meet
And at your 15th birthday                                           
You cried when the other girls
got the dances wrong
Your mom said if you keep this up
You’d never be right
You’d never belong
   Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh I just wish someone had told you
Ohh Elana, which ever way did you go?
   Cause it’s that fall from grace
The lines on your face
That I could never trace
Right back to the place
Where in your disgrace
You threw down your lace
And said “I don’t wanna know”
   Then they sent you to the school
Where you met him
Though he treated you cruel
And when you complained they just said
“Well he really likes you”
Did it fill you with dread?
Now are you giving in? 
When he begs to you
Do you listen to him?
What else is there to say
What a bitter story
 what a sad cliche
   Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh I wish someone else had told you
   They got married in the month of May
That’s where most of these stories end
But they say that, she ran away
And they haven’t seen her since then
   Love was never gonna be that easy for you
Ooh but you already knew that, didn’t you?
   But whichever way did she go?

Elena - Vee Ivy & The Conures

100% of Proceeds will be donated to the PCRF:
www.pcrf.net
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What’s between us? Some friction... or a hug?

Behold dear listener, this fantastic and jumbled compilation of freak folk, lo-fi outsider, and experimental sounds.

Within the throes of Wi-Fi - where community’s sorrows && victories intertwine. The echo chambers (foreboding and relentless) encircle us, trapping thoughts in a dissonant carnival.

The friction hug emerges as a spectral bridge... An ethereal traverse across the abyss. Fuzzed out textures materialize... Echoing both confusion and empathy. As barriers stand like sentinels and bridges immerse us in the vivacious sea of human connection, a collage of care depictions appears in full periphery. 

Ocean street bellows anthems - squeeks for the collective soul, wherein, (r)evolving moods shape malleable cultures... those that haunt this audible domain.

The chandeliers overhead drip with the tears of flame, casting a glow upon the scene. Illuminating melodies and dissonance suspended in the melancholic embrace of connective debris.
----------

Thank you to Josh Alper, The Joshua Alper Family Scholarship Endowment, Ted Alper, Mary Montgomery, Christy Tall, & Annette Marines for making this compilation possible. Josh’s contributions to underground, lo-fi music and his sensibilities for community were not only the primary inspiration for this project - but also the catalyst in making it a reality. Thank you Josh.

SDR022 | Summer -> Fall ’24

“Like Aphrodite sprung from the seafoam…
the shallow dive leaps to faith!!” 
credits
releases September 21, 2024

- SIDE A:
**
*LIVIA CHARMAN - "BIRDBATH"
**
*HALF CALF - "SLIPPING/SPILLING"
**
*MAISY RUSSO - "IM FEELING ABSURD"
**
*VEE IVY - "CAROUSEL"
**

- SIDE B:
**
*RIP FLORENCE - "THIS EXPRESSION"
**
*DUO OF TWO - "MOTHERHOOKER"
**
*SINGLE ORIGIN CATNIP - "FARTS OR FEELINGS"
**
*VILLAGE OF SPACES - "PORTENT"
**

Cover Art by Livia Charman
Produced by Rip Florence
Connective Debris by Leshy**

SIDE B - 'The Friction Hug [is a bridge]'

100% of Proceeds will be donated to the PCRF:
www.pcrf.net
------------------------

What’s between us? Some friction... or a hug?

Behold dear listener, this fantastic and jumbled compilation of freak folk, lo-fi outsider, and experimental sounds.

Within the throes of Wi-Fi - where community’s sorrows && victories intertwine. The echo chambers (foreboding and relentless) encircle us, trapping thoughts in a dissonant carnival.

The friction hug emerges as a spectral bridge... An ethereal traverse across the abyss. Fuzzed out textures materialize... Echoing both confusion and empathy. As barriers stand like sentinels and bridges immerse us in the vivacious sea of human connection, a collage of care depictions

APPEARS IN FULL PERIPHERY!!!

Ocean street bellows anthems - squeeks for the collective soul, wherein, (r)evolving moods shape malleable cultures... those that haunt this audible domain.

The chandeliers overhead drip with the tears of flame, casting a glow upon the scene. Illuminating melodies and dissonance suspended in the melancholic embrace of connective debris.
----------

Thank you to Josh Alper, The Joshua Alper Family Scholarship Endowment, Ted Alper, Mary Montgomery, Christy Tall, & Annette Marines for making this compilation possible. Josh’s contributions to underground, lo-fi music and his sensibilities for community were not only the primary inspiration for this project - but also the catalyst in making it a reality. Thank you Josh.

SDR022 | Summer -> Fall ’24

“Like Aphrodite sprung from the seafoam…
the shallow dive leaps to faith!!” 
credits
releases September 21, 2024

- SIDE A:
**
*LIVIA CHARMAN - "BIRDBATH"
**
*HALF CALF - "SLIPPING/SPILLING"
**
*MAISY RUSSO - "IM FEELING ABSURD"
**
*VEE IVY - "CAROUSEL"
**

- SIDE B:
**
*RIP FLORENCE - "THIS EXPRESSION"
**
*DUO OF TWO - "MOTHERHOOKER"
**
*SINGLE ORIGIN CATNIP - "FARTS OR FEELINGS"
**
*VILLAGE OF SPACES - "PORTENT"
**

Cover Art by Livia Charman
Produced by Rip Florence
Connective Debris by Leshy**

SIDE A - 'The Friction Hug [is a bridge]'

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diy micro-label specializing in weirdo, outsider, freak folk, lo-fi, and art punk sounds. like aphrodite sprung from the seafoam... the shallow dive leaps to faith !!!

***newest releases are featured here. For older releases, check our website, bandcamp, or youtube.

live from within - kay

Shallow Dive Records

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