National Steel

Golden Gate Way

39000 Hours

INTERLUDE: A cover of Taylor Swift’s mirrorball for these chilly, distanced holiday nights.

I love this song so much. It’s the quietest little gem amid others whose appeal is more immediate and obvious, and the fact that this is kind of what the song is about makes it all the more perfect.

I had been thinking about doing this for a minute, but was in the middle of working on something much more clangorous. Then someone very special to my family passed away suddenly a couple weeks ago and we were all home together and clangorous was the exact opposite of where we all were and what we all needed. I stayed up until everyone was asleep and made this in the still quiet luminous hours.

This is for Lauren Larson, in gratitude for all she gave literally generations of kids and families, in sorrow that she has left us, and in hopes that it might offer something right for dancing as she twirls away. And it’s for all of us — everyone everywhere who can use it in these strange and sad and raw and broken times.

#taylorswift #folklore #mirrorball #dreampop #shoegaze #fuck2020

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