so, after literally years of work i am finally ready to "release" an album of sorts with some degree of officiality. the first time, it was a rushed, experimental and (extremely) lo-fi collection titled "fool pillar", on PAR records in 2006. then it was the very limited, very self-released "faithful grass" e.p. in 2007. for those two releases i referred to the project as The Heaving Seas. a while after that i created a myspace page for a new project to be known as Floatweed. eventually i decided that Floatweed was more suited to be an album title than an alias and so the concept of this album was born. it's a collection of songs that i wrote and recorded throughout 2008 and 2009. i play every instrument on the album, apart from the intro of "photograph" which was programmed by my friend avess. "black girl" is a traditional folk song and "love song" was written by lesley duncan. the front cover is a photo of the basketball team from my great grandmother's highschool yearbook.
- "african ocean" and "look up at the stars" were recorded towards the end of spring in 2009.
- "mistakes" was first recorded around summer in 2008 and then had a chorus and birds added around late summer in 2009.
- "portland road" and "a wolf" were recorded around january in 2009.
- "april" and "black girl" were recorded around march in 2009.
- "photographic" was recorded in early 2008.
- "tall trees" was recorded at the beginning of autumn in 2008.
- the music of "josemarÃa" was first recorded in spring of 2008 with vocals added in december 2009.
- "banana milkshake" and "love song" were recorded at the end of summer in 2009.
- "today" was first recorded in late 2008, with vocals added in summer of 2009.
anyway, i'd like anyone who wants the album to download it. it's completely free and everything. here's the link:
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