Just trying to make something. Anything.

Image: Incredible photograph of a Gabriel Dawe installation at the Renwick Gallery taken by Caroline Schroder (IG: carocaro.22).

Strictly Casuals -- "Echo Escape"

Strictly Casuals -- "Certain Perfect Way" SUPER ROUGH

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Very quick cover of the fist verse of a Belle & Sebastian favorite. 

I still don't know how to work Ableton Live (?!).

It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
--Belle and Sebastian

He had a stroke at the age of 24
It could have been a brilliant career
Painting lines in a school that was too well known
Painting lines with a friend you had gone before
She challenged everyone to a fight
But the people all backed down
And they ran her out of town
'Cause she drank and swore and spoke
Out of turn, she was the village joke.

"Brilliant Career" Belle & Sebastian (cover)

Lost shoegaze transmission from the late-90s incarnation of The William Academy.

Recorded in an apartment in Allston, Massachusetts. One guitar, Yamaha CS1x, Yamaha RM1x, and Cakewalk.

Vocals/lyrics: Ebin Flow (Sandler)
Guitars, synths, programming, recording: Kevin Haus.

The William Academy, "Half Past Four"

Went Away

Old Dog, New Trick (lyrics):
You went away for a while, up on a hill.
You learned some things about yourself,
You may be there still.
I went away for a while, became a madman.
Found you, but lost you again, slipped through my hands.
I prayed three times a day, just for some sense.
Broke down. Shattered inside. No defense.
I came back for a while, you caught a glimpse.
Enlightened. New lifestyle. New car.
Old dog, new trick.
Old dog, new trick.
Broke down. No defense.

(Image: created by and belongs to Dima Korma, Missing, and Many Years Ago)



Strictly Casuals, "Old Dog, New Trick" (not mixed/mastered)

. . . Wind
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Strictly Casuals cover of the Pet Shop Boys "Only the Wind."
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A longtime favorite, but the lyrics have taken on new meaning amid the war.

Footage: Loaded Boards (Josh Weisfeld, Nick Brenton, James Kelly)

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Strictly Casuals, "Only the Wind" (Pet Shop Boys cover)

Certainly, Sir – For Me It Is No Problem
I discovered Certainly, Sir (Nicklaus Hubben and Michael Brodeur), on a lunch-break visit to Other Music (RIP) in Harvard Square around 2000. Within the first listen of their self-released debut, “For Me It Is No Problem,” I was smitten with the gentle vocals, introspective lyrics, and electronic textures, a combination that presaged the avalanche of artists attempting this aesthetic in the aughts. (Sample lyric: “Don’t dream of water or of snow/don’t dream of people you don’t know.”) 
The band inspired my work in The William Academy, a duo that also employed a palate of complex emotions over dance beats. I return frequently to the six tracks that make up “For Me It Is No Problem,” wishing only that Certainly, Sir’s output had exceeded the work with which we are left.
More info:
Certainly, Sir: certainlysir.bandcamp.com/ 
Nicklaus Hubben SC: https://soundcloud.com/klaushubben
Nicklaus Hubben web: http://nickhubben.com/

For Me It Is No Problem (EP)

Certainly, Sir - The Vacant Lot Of My Heart

Certainly, Sir - Hello

Certainly, Sir - Hawaii

We once stood solidly on land, but now sway silently on spindly stilts in the surf.

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