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here and other songs

by brian bo

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1.
here 04:06
i am / i am / i am here i will not deny sitting untouched undone for years i must have lost my faith because my hands won't sculpt no matter how hard i pray i am / i am / i am here i will not deny to soften me up wet me down then divide me up up up hang me around i am / i am / i am here i will not deny
2.
forever worn 04:43
i'll run until my heart beats free or pops until my eyes bleed a deep green until my feet are my knees then i'll fall through the things that matter (most) to me the softer things now rough and torn like my heart forever worn down
3.
let's get damaged then undone my recent past just hermit tasks no night skies or bismuth eyes and i want to go where my mind won't go but i can't afford to spare any time afraid to be free of needs afraids to make the best of things piles of trees and greens turned a muddy brown rotten and neglected inside and out
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5.
Gabriela 03:11
i'm getting lost in your dreams i'm losing sight of you cause old friends and new scenes i'm losing sleep without you gabriela, i'm getting lost without you pull me aside and share the subtlety of your needs or think back to when these trees were a handful of seeds
6.

about

as making ends meet often necessitates perpetually working towards weariness, brian bo’s 'here and other songs' shares an existential balm for pause, process, and healing. these six songs compassionately invite us to “get damaged then undone,” acknowledging the relentless recurrence of psychic death in order to hold space for personal restoration and renewal.

amidst a contemplative collage of vibraphone, piano, manipulated tape loops and field recordings, brian discloses a heart-opening meditation on the crushing demands of capitalism, constructing a sublime universe undaunted by quotidian ritual. minimal and atmospheric, wandering and melodic, sensitive and spiritual, 'here and other songs' searches for reason among decay and transcendence within the everyday.

a longtime beaming presence in interdependent arts circles in central florida, brooklyn, new orleans, and now iowa city, 'here and other songs' is brian’s fifth solo release and first collection of songs credited to his name in place of his bois pseudonym we've come to know over the years. written in 2018, while living in brooklyn and working as a construction foreman, brian recalls, “these songs helped me out of an emotional rut and encouraged me to be more patient and present.” this resolve radiates throughout to offer a hallowed and assuring space towards relieving our collective cognitive dissonance. together, we can nourish collective space(s) built from foundations of care and reciprocity, that persist in opposition to the eternal return of daily performative fabrications.

to echo the titular track, "i am here. i will not deny."

credits

released May 7, 2021

thank you!
i wrote and recorded these songs in 2018.
mostly at home or my old studio space in brookyn.

mitch myers (hear hums / sreym hctim) made the drum sounds on forever worn. emma schlamme sang on damaged goods.

i'd like to thank noah at never content for giving this album a home.
milagros for making the album artwork and for the constant inspiration. mitch & emma for contributing their talents.
gabriela, luz, and jj for all the love and encouragement.

-brian bo

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