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Rock · 2019 · 8 tracks · 26m

Learning How to Talk

Mess

Sparse, guitar-driven indie rock that feels like a whispered confession. Intimate production and slow-burning melodies for quiet, solitary reflection.

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It sounds like someone whispering their diary to you over a clean electric guitar in a very quiet house.

A quiet, persistent ache that finds beauty in the process of finding one's voice.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks · 26m
01
Becoming
2:11
02
Dead Space
3:00
03
Cave
3:47
04
Godsend
3:26
05
Drown
4:32
06
Body Parts
2:28
07
Whole Again
5:18
08
Boston
1:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the guitar melody in Cave hangs in the air for a second too long before the drums enter
The sudden, heavy emotional weight that anchors the five-minute sprawl of Whole Again
That fragile vocal crack during the final minute of Boston that feels like a quiet goodbye
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