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Patches

by Chris Sherman

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1.
Time Must Have Stopped 02:52
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2.
Realizations 04:37
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3.
Hollow Girl 02:30
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4.
Untitled 03:02
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5.
Before the Colors Fray 03:17
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6.
Strange Town 04:37
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7.
Kallocain 04:14
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8.
Her Dawn Wardrobe 03:12
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about

The story of the album begins back in 2012. Sky Picnic had just finished the Paint Me A Dream LP and I had a few leftover ideas I wanted to get out of my head to wipe the slate clean so-to-speak before we eventually got ready to make the next album. The results of that were captured on the Sandalwood Haze EP I put out in 2013. I guess it was good enough (and got enough buzz) that I was asked by a label if I’d be into putting out a full-length. I never had designs of going that route, but if someone was going to put it out for me…
This coincided with a writing burst in the summer of 2013 and, not wanting to use all my “A” material for a solo album, I combed my archives for anything that was decent enough to develop into something to supplement these with. I spent July through September 2013 recording these in my bedroom with an acoustic guitar, a sitar, tabla, a Klemt Echolette that I ran the vocals through, and a Mellotron simulator.
I handed it over to the label, who was to put it out by early 2014. I did a cover shoot in November to get the artwork ready. Awesome. I was actually stoked at this point after having pulled this together from scraps. Shortly thereafter, I learned the label had financial issues and my still-untitled album was not going to be released as planned. I was temporarily bummed, but things were picking up with Sky Picnic, so this was mostly moot in my mind. And there I let the songs sit…
Cut to the summer of 2018, when I was reminded it was five years since my EP came out. I decided maybe it was time to revisit these songs and see if anything was salvageable. There I was, nearly five years later, different bedroom, working on the same songs. I recorded new vocals to everything, added some simple percussion, some sparse electric guitar and the Juno synth.
And there you have it. It only took six years, but I hope for anyone who was actually waiting for this, it meets some sort of expectations. Dig in and enjoy.

credits

released October 18, 2019

Chris Sherman- all sounds (vocals, guitar, synths, percussion, sitar), production and mixing.
Recorded at Java Studios (July-Sept 2013) and Again Fifteen Studios, (Dec 2018-Feb 2019, Mixed April 2019).

Cover photo and art- Leah Cinnamon

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Chris Sherman Brooklyn, New York

Chris Sherman (leader of Hanford Reach and Sky Picnic) is based out of Brooklyn, NY, where he writes, records, collects vinyl, watches Seinfeld reruns and eats cereal.

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