Party's Over by Chaperone Picks

so i wrote and recorded this album on 6 may 2020. exactly two years ago today. i was sitting at my desk @ home and listening to an awfully boring zoom meeting for my little job. instead of participating in the meeting i wrote the lyrics for these 10 songs in this graph paper notebook i was using called a jeffer's journal (which i've since tossed in a fire). as soon as the damn thing was over i went into the pass-through between the main house and the studio/garage and recorded these songs with my old airline acoustic and my sony tape recorder. i like the natural reverb i get in there. it was a nice day and i opened the window. i enjoy setting up the lyrics and the recorder on the ledge and i often record this way. i strummed a bit and got a basic grasp of each song and recorded it right away. brought the machine back into the house, plugged it into my mac and mixed down quickly into audacity. listened to this for weeks. months...

it just never felt right to release it. truth be told i was done with chaperone picks. i was done with everything. i made a choice years ago to stop trying to write and record perfectly. my favorite albums have always been rough, and i often prefer the demo versions to the finished product. i think i kept this one for me. my motivation was to record a set of songs that i could perform solo at an open mic or someone's party. a new cycle of songs that i could rely on.

i have tried releasing these songs under various monikers and album titles for over a year. i'd put them up and then take them down within a short timeframe. i really don't know why. but today it seems right to release them on the anniversary of making them. i make no apologies for their sketchy sound. to me they are complete. i make no apologies for my verbosity. i like writing and talking about music. i've heard that you really shouldn't put yourself over but i don't care. i don't know any other way to do this.

p.s. i've added a scan of the cassette liner notes. i like making collages for the album covers and i also like creating elaborate tape sleeves for the master. lots of writing and journaling about the album and where i was/am during the making of it. thought you might like it.

Tracklist

1.	Thought Slipping Away	1:39

2.	Among The Sinister	1:14

3.	I Used To Be Able To See	1:05

4.	You Can't See Colors Like That Anymore	1:07

5.	One Day In The Springtime	2:13

6.	Nobody Can Tell In A Hurricane	1:59

7.	For The Money	2:03

8.	Goes Away Plain	2:10

9.	Don't Forget To Get Out Of The Way	1:32

10.	Tied To The Sky	1:03

Credits

released May 6, 2022

cp - vocals and acoustic guitar

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