It has been very very hot here in Colorado. For about a month now. Last week it was 90° in our bedroom. Yesterday was the hottest we have seen from this heat wave though; as we drove home from the bowling alley after a Sunday afternoon in the AC there (I had a great few games!), the thermometer in our truck read 109°f.
I have seasonal affective disorder but I am one of those folks where the summer gets me way worse than the winter. So, I have been doing my best to coexist with my discomfort and spend time with oscillating fans blowing on me while I work on this new record I have been making… I can’t just heat the wait out.
It is feeling close to finished and it is that thrilling weird time where I am just slowly going through the sequence, song by song, and trying to find little ways to make the songs more like themselves.
The process on this record has been typical in a lot of ways for me… but I am working in a pretty compressed manner and trying to finish a record in a calendar year, which is atypical for me… solo albums often take me two or three years.
It has been a fun challenge to trust my first thoughts first, to lean into surprises, and to let some spontaneity take the lead here and there.
Below are graphics and details regarding 3 engagements I have on the horizon. A busy cluster in mid to late August.
I am playing in Salt Lake City at the UMOCA on August 23rd with my boy Chaz Prymek. We are opening for my RVNG label mate Frances Chang, whose new album is pretty spectacular. $15 suggested donation at the door. 7pm!
Onestraw and Ghost Canyon Fest are collaborating on this daytime show on August 29th. The show is at 12:30pm at the Bug Theater. Though I am not playing this one, I am glad it is happening and I will be there helping and listening to these awesome artists. Get tix for this one HERE.
I am darting from Ghost Canyon in Denver to Boulder to play a set at Tulagi | Boulder Roots music festival. I will be playing at Paradise Found Records at 8:15pm or so! I will be tired and happy and exploring a weirdo mostly improv set of clarinet, percussion, sampler, and electronics. Tix for this fest HERE.
Nothing planned so far as live dates goes in September…but perhaps you will be surprised by a little new/old music then 🤐
Alright, back the oscillating fan and working on new songs! Have a great week!
-Matt
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