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I am truly so amazed I’ll get to play these songs that mean so much to me with such an incredible band on NOV 7 at @healingforcerecords.

most of you, my dear friends here in LA, would be people I’d put on the guest list - but since that’s most of you I’ll just say it’ll be worth the 20 bucks, I promise. we are going to make such nice sounds and at least one heart will be poured out, probably more, and hopefully we’ll all feel a little more alive like if we’d watched a really good kinda sad kinda happy movie.

we’ll miss you @cereusbright and @williamwild I can never thank you enough for how much our time together making this music meant to me and I can’t wait to finish it someday!!

@danahalferty thanks for getting all this footage and being fun to laugh with 💛

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Today is the day! Bug Fight is officially LIVE on Kickstarter 🙏 If you back the campaign in the first 48 hours, you’ll get a free sticker set!

We can’t thank you enough for cheering for us and this idea – can’t wait for you to see it! 🐞🐛🐜

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Love celebrating @kylejanthony & @airrrun 🤎 the clan continues to grow!

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Been a bit busy, which means I have a dozen songs in queue. Eesh? Yay? Lil of both.

Here’s a powerful freak folk song by @cereusbright from which their band’s name arose. Cereus Bright is a 💗 song for those finding their person after being alone for some time.

W/ the adagio tempo, the lyrics will lull you into a state of deep calmness. Let’s float away.

Also <3 American Dream & Stella

*SPOILER - MY INTERPRETATION*

Poetic lines abound, drawing on the metaphoric theme of NIGHT w/ the narrator finding 💗 in his “darkest hour,” his 💗 finding her “KNIGHT in shining armor.” The visual utilized is “a flower [that] bloom[s] in the night, cereus [w/ a] bright [white petal].”

Keeping with the metaphor of waiting alone for 💗, the cold loneliness of “winter” parallels “night.” 💗 warms the spirit & its absence touches on our evolutionary past where isolation in the bitter cold nights of winter meant sure death. Survival required receiving another’s emanating warmth. This is the beautiful origin of humanity’s feeling of 💗.

During a period of waiting that led him to wonder if he would ever find “the one to whom [he would] give [his] heart” he became disillusioned by the possibility of never finding her. The wait “took its toll & [his] hope began to fade.” But now that 💗 has been realized, he can see that just like a tree needs time to produce its fruit, the heart must be given time to produce 💗.

“Mystery & splendor” perfectly describe how 💗 happens upon us. How grateful we are to be able to say to another…I love you with all my 💗!

*SPOILER - COMPOSER’S MEANING*

The Cellary interview:

“The Cereus is a desert flower that only blooms at night. When I first stumbled across it, it struck me as a really powerful metaphor for growing & blossoming in the most unlikely of scenarios. So that was kind of a symbol of hope for me: that even when things feel impossible or unlikely or empty or hopeless, the thing that you want the most—the beautiful thing, the good thing, the true thing—can still happen & exist. So I wrote a song along those lines, but I felt like the name was bigger than just that 1 song…” (cont in comments)

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We’re excited to share the deluxe version of What It Cost, out Sept 12th.

This one features four reimagined tracks from friends we admire: Hayden Calnin (previously unreleased), Axel Flóvent, Cereus Bright, and Nathan Kawanishi.

It’s always a thrill for us to hand our songs over with nothing but the instruction: make it yours, have fun with it.

Would help us out a lot if you’d take a second to pre-save it - link in bio.

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recognize anyone…? here’s some of what the trip to Mexico City looked like beyond the birds. thanks to everyone for being so kind—the collab camp experience was definitely outside my comfort zone, and I felt very shy a lot of the time. I learned a lot from seeing how other people work, and I’m stunned at how much other people managed to accomplish in such a short amount of time.

a few side quests I went on: tracking down vegan conchas (and photographing them dramatically with the spotlight in my hotel room), visiting the Museo Frida Kahlo (in her incredible home), and very briefly seeing the Biblioteca Vasconcelos and the ruins of the Templo Mayor (the main temple of Tenōchtitlan, now Mexico City).

I also saw a lot of sweet dogs.

and (perhaps most importantly) a LOT of birds (but you can see my other post about that)

#whimsycore #cdmx #folkpop #songwriting

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Mexico City dump with my @nettwerkmusic family ❤️🫶

So incredibly grateful and thankful I got to go on this trip with everyone!!!! And had to cram some Spanish but it worked!!! And I met so many cool people!!! And I got so much cool stuff!!!

#artist #mexico #mexicocity #cdmx #singer #songwriter #travel #singersongwriter

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Mexico on 35mm.

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My album Touchy is out June 6th. Swipe to see the people and places who made it possible.

I started this record as an attempt to make something different and to figure out how to love making music again. Scheduling it in for an hour a day, it was also part of a master plan to get my life back on track. I worked really hard for about 2 months, concepting all the songs in my Austin, TX shed and then driving my whole studio cross country to Zorthian Ranch in Altedena, CA to finish it.

It definitely didn’t set my life any straiter but ill never forgot the realization while working on it that I can literally do anything I want with art. That’s what it was, anytime I couldn’t muster the energy to work on it I would remember that there are no rules and I can get 10 mins of people playing bongos mastered if I choose.

After the last session my life turned upside down (more on that later maybe?) and these songs sat for a long time. I didn’t know what to with it, I thought they were demos and working on them felt uncomfortable and confusing. Ultimately all I had to do was call it done! Im very proud of it. Pre save links in bio

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"River Run" by Cereus Bright has been my recent anthem.
There’s something about its message—following the river wherever it may lead, even through murky waters—that deeply resonates with me. It’s a reminder that while I can’t always control what’s ahead, I can trust my body and spirit to guide me. Even in the midst of chronic illness, there’s still a path forward, still beauty to be found. This song empowers me to let go, trust the current, and live fully—wherever the river takes me.

#cereusbright #anthem #ChronicIllness #myedschallenge #EDS #edswarrior #zebracrew🦓🦓 #zebrastrong

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Foreign Fields x Cereus Bright

Tyler (@cereusbright ) and I have been friends for many years now and I’m so happy we were able to combine our artistry for his version of Waking Up, out now. It’s lush, earnest and refined, just like the man himself. Truly honored🙏

Link in bio.

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Discover the latest sounds we love from last week’s #NewMusicFriday—link in bio to listen now! 🎶

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