Spiritual Sequel by duster lizzie
thanks to self-isolation, songs that have been sitting on my hard drive for years have finally been realized. i never truly knew when these songs were going to find life, but i'm grateful they did. some tracks date back to 2016, some even date to last month (nov 2020). all together, i felt as though the tracks fit together as a nice compilation of sorts. the intertwine of new and old.
i also hated being away from friends when self-isolation orders were placed. i knew i needed to honor them somehow, so i worked with them in spirit. loops they provided me at some point in time, voicemails - all scattered on my "unfinished" or "random unorganized shit" folders on my macbook - have all helped make this release a real dream of mine. i finally feel like i got to make a release with my friends.
'drift delay', the studio album by duster lizzie, has been released before, a little prematurely at that (i realize now), and will be re-released in 2023. Certain songs on 'spiritual sequel' predate most songs on that album and some were even written alongside them. this mixtape is dedicated to that album. it is designed to be played before or after. a prequel-sequel, a gimmicky idea i was toying with themes of: identity crisis, cyberattacks, pyramid schemes, and watching 'twin peaks: fire walk with me' for some reason. it's less serious than 'drift delay' is, but there's definitely still a lot to unpack in 'spiritual sequel'.
if you've listened to 'drift delay', it brings me even more pleasure to present 'spiritual sequel' to you. for anyone listening to any work of mine for the first time, thank you for listening.
welcome to the latest ritual ceremony.
Tracklist
| 1. | vaudevillain | 0:30 |
| 2. | k.k. classic | 2:04 |
| 3. | marfa, tx | 2:35 |
| 4. | that's right! | 2:53 |
| 5. | you're my darling | 2:00 |
| 6. | dreamt i spent a fortune | 2:02 |
| 7. | taking flight | 1:18 |
| 8. | super nintendo | 1:53 |
| 9. | april and you (ft. jonathan f.) | 2:34 |
| 10. | self-xss / knee gash | 3:28 |
| 11. | chaos magick | 1:06 |
| 12. | noisy | 2:22 |
| 13. | resurrection (air bud) | 2:46 |
| 14. | in my utopia | 1:59 |
| 15. | canyonero (reprise) | 2:15 |
| 16. | sportsman | 4:12 |
| 17. | clarissa | 4:06 |
| 18. | up north (acoustic) | 5:16 |
| 19. | witchcraft | 1:09 |
Credits
all songs written and recorded between 2016-2020 at home in los angeles & camp meeker, ca
track 14 recorded at the future classic x dropbox studios in los angeles, ca
eddie hernandez - vocals, production, mixing, roland sp-404a, fantom-6, guitar, loops, keyboards (tracks 1-19)
jonathan rocha - production (tracks 7-10), additional production (track 14)
jamie aispuro - drums (track 14)
felipe rodriguez - bass (track 14)
monica gonzalez - vocals (track 7)
allen martinez - yelling (track 7)
daniel granados - berating intro vox (track 10)
bethany rennard - cover artwork / art direction
track 6 is an edit of a tv psa of "whitey on the moon" by gil-scott heron
track 16 is a cover of "sports men" by haruomi hosono
track 13 is the theme for “just the biscuits”, a podcast produced by ramblings productions
the suite from tracks 7-10 is an homage to one of my closest friends who performs as jonathan f. (fka blue denim aka jonathan rocha). we worked on tracks as early as we came up with the name 'drift delay' for what was initially going to be a split ep together. now i feel that's finally been realized, thank you johnny.
huge thank you to angela nguyen, stefan dismond, richard hernandez, danny contreras, sergio meza, my family, my dog dakota, and too many friends to list, mwah, love y'all, this one's for you
released via chamber tapes
