Shadow by Zoe Boekbinder
This album is dedicated to Sophia - I love you always and I wish I could have said goodbye.
These songs were written during the darkest times in my life so far. I lost a friend who was more like family - more like a home. I lost my grandfather, a holocaust survivor, whose stories have meant so much to me. I was broken open and apart. I have messed up. I have hurt people and been hurt. Through this, I have learned how strong I am. I have been reminded that darkness is a shadow and it has edges. I have learned to value my weaknesses and vulnerabilities. I have learned to forgive faults in myself and people around me. I have learned to let go. I have started to learn to trust myself. I have lost and found myself in music again. Songs are my way. Thank you for opening your ears.
Deepest thanks to Jeremiah Daniels, Claire LaVelle, Wanhee Chung, Nathalie Boisard-Beudin, Stefan Linden, Sarah Sullivan, Lindsay Janasiak, niceLena, Christopher Legg, Mac Wubben, Charles Roussel, Michael Barnstijn, Ashley Kurtz, Nick Schultz, Lisa Waters, Shenandoah Davis, Kate Hanrahan, Julia Ross, Alex Boekbinder, Myles Boisen, Ani DiFranco, Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley, Shonda and Angel, the degenderettes, The Chanterelles, all my sea creatures, and everyone who helped make this album.
Tracklist
| 1. | Haunted | 3:37 |
| 2. | Shadow | 3:33 |
| 3. | Mirror | 3:41 |
| 4. | Possibilities | 2:11 |
| 5. | Becoming A Nun | 3:30 |
| 6. | Darken Your Door | 2:14 |
| 7. | Low Expectations | 3:24 |
| 8. | Not What I Need | 3:20 |
| 9. | What Have I Done? | 3:56 |
| 10. | Now You're Gone | 3:24 |
| 11. | Rise | 2:55 |
Credits
all songs written and performed by Zoe Boekbinder
guitar played by Zoe Boekbinder except on Low Expectations (played by Myles Boisen)
drums played by Jonathan Arceneaux
bass played by Justin Peake
harmony vocals:
What Have I Done? by Julie Odell
Shadow by Dayna Kurtz
all other backing vocals by Sabine McCalla, Erin Wilson, Bear Hebert, Missa, Shonda Noil, Dayna Kurtz, S. Donnelly, M Collin Miles, Alex Boekbinder, and Zoe Boekbinder
beats on Possibilities and Not What I Need by Paul Kang
all other instruments played by Zoe Boekbinder and Mike Napolitano
recorded and mixed by Mike Napolitano
mastered by Myles Boisen
produced by Zoe Boekbinder and Mike Napolitano
cover tintype by Meg Turner
design by Tim Smith
License
All rights reserved.
Nomadic at heart and a creator at their core, Zoe Boekbinder (they/them) was born on a farm into a family of four children. While music wasn't very present in their upbringing, Boekbinder recalls some of their first memories as making up songs. For them, music is as natural and as necessary as breath. Songwriting has become their resistance language.