melanchole

It sounds like a secret recorded on a broken cassette deck in the middle of a New Zealand winter.

A heavy, static-filled isolation that feels both suffocating and strangely protective.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 41m

i don't know anyone, i am

3:57

stones pull out heart

2:15

i don't want to ask your father or anything

4:21

melanchole

2:51

i was all over her

2:41

like you know i get old

4:45

post-traumatic all-night-long

2:42

madison

4:45

reprise

1:41

(dream)

1:24

needs no progress, i will lie

3:35

girl

2:37

reprise (reprise)

3:28

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden, jarring transition into the distorted, rhythmic pulse of 'i was all over her' that feels like a panic attack in slow motion.

The way the tape hiss becomes almost melodic during the instrumental interludes of 'reprise', acting as a physical weight on the listener.

The fragile, cracking vocal delivery on 'i don't want to ask your father or anything' that sounds like it was recorded in one take to avoid breaking the mood.

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