Mood Cycle by Lewis the Light

You wake up on the other side of the world with a headache from all the sunlight. You walk down to the beach and now the sun is floating. That night you go for a walk. There is a man asleep on a motorbike. The night swirls into the late evening traffic. The ocean air carries its own air of menace. The sidewalk falls away into the street and you barely see it in time. Walking along Copacabana backstreets trying to find a knockoff red Lula shirt before the election next week. You are just in town through the weekend and can't vote. The next day you walk to Leblon as it starts to rain. You sit under the awning of a bar watching people do their weekday evening shopping. You gave up on the beach after the first day. You hide in your room to escape the sun. These are trying times, yeah.

11 songs about a trip to Rio de Janeiro last year. A collection of surfaces, images, and tourist recollections.

Ambient synth-y dream folk for hiding out from the sun and walking the semi-backstreets of Rio in the late evening.

Recorded: August - November 2023 - San Francisco, CA

Instruments used: acoustic guitar, harmonica, microKorg synthesizer, wood flute, free online drum machine.

Any money paid for this album will be given to the SF Coalition on Homelessness (www.cohsf.org)

"Satisfied with his care and the width of his belly, Lewis escaped and returned to San Francisco, where he was arrested after ripping open his clothing and asking passersbys to witness the divine light that burned in his breast."