Home by Shingles

Live solo EVI, with a looper and some delay + reverb pedals.
Direct to stereo, no overdubs.

First Dew additionally has a fedback Buzzbox providing the high freq tension which the song surrounds. Some bad cables in there too, apologies.

Recorded amid the comedown of a particularly introspective lysergic journey in East Rockaway NY, 2017.

Voice is of my late grandfather, Thomas, who tested his tape recorder back in 1987 in the same house I call a home decades later; a home now filled with tapes of all kinds. Field recordings were captured from our living room window, providing a conduit of connection across generations.

Been spending a lot of time in the house in quiet solitude, reflecting as the world holds its breath. Felt the need to share this cut as we all long to be closer with friends and family who remain just out of reach.

Physical copies will be available eventually in some format, when life in a shared world resumes and we can connect again on the other side of this.

Stay safe.

Shingles is the solo moniker of Jesse DeRosa, member of Grasshopper and Hexbreaker Quintet/Quartet.