Written by May, and developed as a duo piece by May & Matt.

Leatherback

Written by May V Oskan, worked into a duo version by May with Matt Herman and tracked in one take. 

See https://soundcloud.com/ezra-lowrey/paper-bird for a previous incarnation of the song.

Paper Bird

A lovely May van Oskan song adapted for duo by May & Matt, this version of Big Talker is from the Utah Saloon in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood. Listen to May's leading sultry contralto, listen to the crowd hush halfway through, listen to that one person off on the right whistling to Matt's closing loop.

House recording & photo by Brendan Getzell.

Big Talker (2014-1-27 at the Utah Saloon)

<a href=http://www.facebook.com/stormdoorband>The optimist's soundtrack to a dystopian future.</a>

<a href=http://www.facebook.com/mayvanoskan>May van Oskan</a>: vox & keys
<a href=http://www.mattherman.net>Matt Herman</a>: guitar & loops

Storm Door is, at its core, a band formed out of the mutual fandom between Matt Herman and May van Oskan. The duo met at the Hotel Utah open mic in the early spring of 2013. Both engaging songwriters and performers in their own right, they vowed to one day collaborate. On September 16th Storm Door cast their first spell of melody, ambiance, and divine arithmetic.