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"THE DIRT" BEGAN AS A VISION OF TOGETHERNESS IN A TIME OF ISOLATION, LOCKDOWN 2020, A NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT, ADAPTING TO A MORE DISTANT LIFESTYLE, THINKING BACK TO WHAT WAS SUDDENLY DUBBED THE BEFORE TIMES, IMAGINING A 10-PIECE BAND OF FRIENDS, ON A STAGE AT A BELOVED MUSIC VENUE, PLAYING A SONG FOR A CROWD OF DEAR MUSIC LOVERS, SOMETHING MAYBE TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER TAKEN FOR GRANTED AGAIN, A SONG THAT WAS UNDENIABLE, A SONG THAT PULLED YOU OUT OF THE SELF AND INTO THE COLLECTIVE, AND ENCOURAGED YOU TO MOVE, TO BREAK OUT FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES, AN INSTRUMENTAL GAME OF TELEPHONE, PASSING A MESSAGE FROM ONE GUITAR TO THE NEXT, FROM A BARITONE SAXOPHONE TO A FARFISA TO A SNARE DRUM, EACH TRANSMISSION ALTERING THE MESSAGE EVER SO SLIGHTLY, UNTIL ALL THE MESSAGES COMBINE TO FORM A SUPER MESSAGE, A SHARED EXALTATION, A MOMENT OF ONENES, THE ROOM JUMPS TOGETHER, SIMPLY IN CELEBRATION OF TOGETHERNESS THROUGH MUSIC, NOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS, THE MOST MAGICAL THING IN THE WORLD.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SHARE NEW MUSIC WITH YOU AGAIN. THIS SONG IS FOR YOU - OUR LISTENERS - THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING US TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SHARE NEW MUSIC WITH YOU AGAIN. THIS SONG IS FOR YOU - OUR LISTENERS - THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING US TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
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from FORWARD,
track released October 10, 2024
PERFORMED BY:
MILES FRANCIS: DRUMS, GUITARS
DOUG BERNS: BASS
JAKE PINTO: FARFISA, WURLITZER
JAVIER RAMOS: CONGAS, PERCUSSION
JAS WALTON: TENOR SAXOPHONE
JACKIE COLEMAN: TRUMPET
AANI KISSLINGER: TROMBONE
LYNN LIGAMMARI: BARITONE SAXOPHONE
LOLLISE MBI: SHEKERE
PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY MILES FRANCIS
RECORDED AT SYNTHIA STUDIO, NYC
MIXED BY SHIFTEE
MASTERED BY CHRIS GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND
ALBUM ART AND DESIGN BY THE COLLECTED WORKS
ANIMATION BY BEN ELLIOT
PERFORMED BY:
MILES FRANCIS: DRUMS, GUITARS
DOUG BERNS: BASS
JAKE PINTO: FARFISA, WURLITZER
JAVIER RAMOS: CONGAS, PERCUSSION
JAS WALTON: TENOR SAXOPHONE
JACKIE COLEMAN: TRUMPET
AANI KISSLINGER: TROMBONE
LYNN LIGAMMARI: BARITONE SAXOPHONE
LOLLISE MBI: SHEKERE
PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY MILES FRANCIS
RECORDED AT SYNTHIA STUDIO, NYC
MIXED BY SHIFTEE
MASTERED BY CHRIS GEHRINGER AT STERLING SOUND
ALBUM ART AND DESIGN BY THE COLLECTED WORKS
ANIMATION BY BEN ELLIOT
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Apr 25Chicago, IL
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May 30Brooklyn, NY
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