Stephen Becker

𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙩 out *now* on @one_is_three_records . My first fully self-produced effort. It took about 2 years to make and I’m quite proud of it! Buy on bandcamp, stream if you please. Thanks to all those who’ve helped along the way. Also album release show May 15th @ Sleepwalk see you there. • • • Credits: Written, produced, and mixed by Stephen Becker Additional recording by Jason Burger (@jburgerdrums ) at Medium Rare and Adam Hirsch at the Acorn Mastered by Eli Crews (@elicrews ) Stephen Becker - Voice, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synth, Organ, Percussion, Drums (11) Joanna Schubert (@_oropendola ) - Voice (1, 2, 5) Adam Hirsch - Lyricon (7), Clarinet (8), Synth (11) Nora Stanley (@noralstanley ) - Saxophone (4) Michael Coleman (@michaelprincecoleman ) - Piano (8) Jason Burger (@jburgerdrums ) - Drums (1-6, 8, 10) Special thanks to @cody.defalco , @redeyeworldwide , @terrorbirdmedia , @drsherryr , @marketetcetera and countless others for helping out in some form or another. #indiemusic #newmusic

CARELESS out now ! Name the film we’re referencing in the comments and I’ll send you an alien hug 👽 🫂 👽. Directed by Haoyan of America. We went silly mode here, hope you enjoy. Links to listen and watch in my bio. • Featuring @_oropendola on vox and @jburgerdrums on drums. Mixed by me. • Album release show 5/15 @ Sleepwalk in Brooklyn buy your tix now bc they might be gone 🔜 • #newmusic #songwriter #indie #inflatabletubeman

🚨 NEW MUSIC 🚨 “Bad Idea” is here ! the 1st single from my next album, Gravity Blanket. It’s a song about change and if we can do it or not. Featuring @_oropendola on vox/keys and @jburgerdrums on drums. I played everything else and mixed it too ok. Video directed by Haoyan of America, shot on a Sony handycam, we spent an autumn afternoon in parks and trees and abandoned playgrounds in search of sweet and bittersweet nostalgia. Links in my bio, thnx for listening ✌️ 👂 💛

🚲 BIKE VISUALIZER 🚲 I wrote this song about neglected chores that haunt you into afterlife, partly inspired by a creepy surreal episode of Hey Arnold where Helga dreams that she disappeared in a magic show and walks around contemplating her mortality. We’ll play this at the release show Friday at Sleepwalk 8 pm tix link in bio thankssss feat 🎤 @_oropendola 🥁 @jburgerdrums #bike #newmusic

some recent press highlights ☀️🗞️ Today = Bandcamp Friday, consider Gravity Blanket for your cart 🍇 Special thanks to these writers, blogs, radio stations etc for listening ~~~ @popmatters @stereogum @spillmagazine @dustedforreal @varioussmallflames @rosyoverdrive @mindiesview @visualatelier8 @daviddeanburkhart @wruvfm

Stephen Becker ha pasado años tocando para otros, aprendiendo a encajar en esquemas ajenos antes de volcarse en el suyo propio. Ese oficio de segundo plano parece haberle enseñado a fijarse en lo que otros descartan. La creación de 'Gravity Blanket' llega después de una etapa como asistente en un estudio neoyorquino, donde Becker asimiló rutinas técnicas que luego aplicó a sus propias cintas. El resultado son doce cortes que examinan el pasado sin lamentos, revisando las fisuras de relaciones deterioradas y esa zona gris donde el descuido se confunde con el desamor. Becker escribe como quien hojea un cuaderno viejo y descubre que lo que parecía un accidente trivial esconde una verdad más punzante. Las canciones se alimentan de episodios reales: una separación tras acudir al ballet, alucinaciones adolescentes en autopistas californianas, una toma de conciencia infantil en el Gran Cañón. La sensación que atraviesa 'Gravity Blanket' es la de una demora permanente. Becker canta sobre la dificultad de entender lo que ocurre mientras sucede. Frases como "Had a bad idea again, so I remain uncertain for a while" retratan una conciencia que se sabe atrapada en sus propios rodeos. Lejos de resolver esa tensión, el álbum la abraza. Cada pieza funciona como un artefacto que registra el momento justo anterior a la comprensión, ese lapso donde todo todavía admite varias lecturas. Becker acepta que las relaciones dañinas no se entienden mientras se padecen, ocurre más bien después, cuando los objetos ordinarios empiezan a hablar. Ese equilibrio entre protección y asfixia define la propuesta entera, una manta que retiene el calor pero también dificulta el movimiento. El artista neoyorquino no ofrece moralejas ni cierres limpios, solo el rumor de lo que sigue resonando años más tarde. 🔗https://www.mindies.es/especial/liner-notes-011-stephen-becker/ #stephenbecker #gravityblanket

guitar riff from “Careless” 🎸 🌈 👽 thnx for the the kind words on the song ✌️ more music soon 🕺 #guitar

ALBUM RELEASE SHOW • Sleepwalk 5/15 w @katievonschleicher • Mark the cal because life is what happens when you make plans (in a good way!) and it’s cheaper when you buy the tix in adv (via the link my bio)

TRACK BREAKDOWN for Bad Idea 🎤🎸🥁🪇🎹🧩 quick n dirty behind the scenes how the sausage is made pro tools certified “Bad Idea” out now, give it another spin and share it with a friend eh? drums performed and engineered by @jburgerdrums vox harmonies and additional pianos by @_oropendola

𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭, my 4th album, is out 4/24 via @one_is_three_records . It’s warm, heavy, soft, some of my best work yet. Swipe right for pic and credits. And thanks for the big love on “Bad Idea”, I’m over the moon 🌕

making 1 guitar sound like 2, improvised homage to Anne Laplantine the sound is mostly an 1/8th note octave delay into Warped Vinyl for tone and warmth #guitar #eventide #improvisationmusic

an etude of sorts for H90 prism shift, plus Aberrant Digitalis on the master bus @eventideaudio @aberrantdsp #guitar