A Pregnant Light - Mandarine b/w Tangèrin (digital download)
I lied.
I am not sorry. When last we spoke I said I was going to take some time to finish the upcoming third LP for A PREGNANT LIGHT. While that is true, the most reckless thing an artist can do isn’t to be reckless in their art, it is to ignore the compulsion to create. I cannot speak on why others create, I can only speak to my own impulses. To disobey the muse, or worse, ignore her, would be the greatest sin an artist can commit.
It’s work. It’s stress. It’s a crucible with little to no reward, or at least a reward in the the way the world looks at these things. There is no fame, money or acclaim that I seek or will likely fall into my lap. These songs were floating in the starless sky. It was my job to reach out into that infinite black and pull them down. To continue to mix metaphors, the statue was in the stone. I just had to pull it out. So with chains around my neck and a chisel in my teeth, hammer in hand I pulled MANDARINE and TANGÈRIN from silence to song.
I will now continue work on the upcoming A PREGNANT LIGHT record, but I cannot enter the summer season without some kind of statement. These songs are special.
Today is your day. I love you.
Mandarine 4.59
Tangèrin 4.40
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