⚡️⚡️⚡️Don’t Hide is out now⚡️⚡️⚡️
I’m so excited to share a collection of four new songs a year+ in the making. My deepest gratitude goes to @armsfullofronan who made it with me. His patience, curiosity and ears are interwoven in this music and it simply wouldn’t be as good with his input.
The urge to record these songs came as I was coming out of a tumultuous time in my life. They speak to two different times and, thinking about it now, integrating them into one release has been a healing process.
The Organ and the Blade I wrote back in Seattle. The title comes from a quote from Nayyirah Waheed, which I saw in passing and really stuck with me. Ronan breathed so much new life into the song.
The chorus of Where Is There Room came in a dream (or nightmare???). I woke up with it stuck in my head and the song built itself around it.
Better Make is a reminder to myself.
Useless Bay is named after a body of water on Whidbey Island. Useless I guess because it’s so shallow - the tidal shifts make the water creep up and down the entire length of the bay every day.
Thank you so much to @daniel.salka and @remymorritt who play on the record. And special thanks to @maxknouse and @daphnegale for their help early in the process.
Recorded at The Demo Pit in Los Angeles, CA
Produced by Ronan Delisle and me
Mixed by Ronan Delisle
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering
I played acoustic guitar, saxophone, clarinet and sang
Ronan played electric guitar and bass
Remy played drums
Daniel played piano and synth
@hamiltonboyce took the photos
Handed a camera to the audience for our set at Plant Material a few weeks back and this is what happened
Where Is There Room? - Live on a Spring evening in Los Angeles
@levibeng will be performing on Oct 20th’s MONDAY MONDAY showcase hosted by Eli Pafumi featuring 10 of our favorite songwriter and performers! Join us for another great lineup of up and coming LA songwriters. It’s an evening all about discovering talent and the live music community.
Come check it out. 8pm. $5
