I keep falling into patterns. Some comforting, some frustrating. I speak to my therapist about how they serve me and how they hold me back. I’m in this exciting liminal moment between patterns. I've started a new job, we have a new music coming, we have a baby on the way - so much transition, so much liminal space. With it comes a deconstruction of the patterns I’m used to, a removal of myself from an old box and into a new one; where I get to decide which patterns to keep, which ones I throw away, and which ones to sew anew.
I have a lot to say about these liminal spaces (liminal is my word of the year - how many times do I get to use it before it becomes pretentious?). For you, my Mom and whoever else I coerced into joining this list, the liminal space (4 times?) I want to talk about is between writing a song, recording it, and sharing it. I have been sitting on something special since August. I recorded it with the band minus Ted (because he was doing too many exciting things in BC) and Josh Van Tassel (who has recorded projects with many of my favourite local artists like the Bahamas, Tim Baker, Rose Cousins, and more) in his beautiful little recording studio on the Lahave river, in the moments between getting ready for my wedding.
Soon, you get to hear it. On April 2nd, wedged between April fools and Good Friday, our single Set the Record Straight will be out. You can pre-save Set the Record Straight here to make sure you hear it first. Perhaps, it could be the soundtrack to your easter weekend.
Another liminal space (5 times? is it pretentious or annoying yet?): I signed a recording deal with Slaight Music last year, and now we finally get to release music together. Their support has made this project feel so much more manageable. They have allowed me to see a way forward with music that does not leave me exhausted or apathetic. I am so grateful for their help and I am so excited to see what happens when we release something together. I am in an exciting moment of anticipation where everything is possible, and with their support I feel that that anything is possible.
I saw a video of my grandparents dancing. I wonder how much of my life is a mirror of theirs. Patterns in patterns in patterns.
Sharing music is a love language. If you enjoy listening to the music we make, please share it however your share music <3
Alex