Bummertime II by Agnostic

i lit a large white candle when i started recording the first song i wrote for this album. as i recorded each song, i lit it again, and once i finished the last draft, i extinguished it. i repeated this process until the album was complete and the candle was gone.
summer is too long.
this has been a very transitional time for me. this album is meant to encapsulate the ways things have changed + stayed the same.

written + recorded spring/summer '14
except: "You" was written and recorded in september '13 as part of my 30-day songwriting project with James.
"Staying awake" was written and recorded winter '13 at Chaim's place in Queens, NY
some of the ideas on this album go back years and have only been realized now, particularly "throw your life away" and "your troubles in dust" - songs that wanted me to write them for a long time.

huge + heartfelt thanks to Levi; Tera; Ben; Ben; Chaim and his grandparents for letting me crash on their couch and abiding my unreasonable sleeping habits; Shilo - get out of bed and call me back; Dean for his late-night exposition on "lo-fi" and other imaginary conceptual evils; Lesa and the authorities for showing me not to take a good thing for granted; G for being a role model; nameless interactions that inspired the last track.

this album is for Gloria, who always told me to pursue myself.

dust to dust