Today, as a fast follow to my release of The River, I am releasing a track called The Haunting. Like The River, I had released a work-in-progress demo of the song much earlier. This one plays on memories of a village primary school, and the leap to living in London
Before I wrote the lyrics to The River, I released it as a WIP instrumental. It didn’t even have a bass line written (let alone tracked!) at the time - that was overdubbed afterwards, right before the vocals. You can hear the before and after below: Island Wastrel · The
Today I am releasing a track called "The River". The track is inspired by the quiet menace of countryside rituals - especially, in this case, cricket. The song blends irregular melodies, rough-edged guitars, and reggae-tinged bass guitar. Recorded in single unedited takes in my Helsinki apartment. I will
Instruments and people have memory. My job is to listen, not to fix. Sometimes I find ghosts in the material. It’s not my place to expel them, just to make room and let them speak. Recording is an indulgence. But it’s a generous one. It's time