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List of Angels is 42 minutes of new music from Today’s Favorite Singers, which is a group of around 11 people living around the world.  At the nucleus of this practice is a strong partnership between myself and Carl Schrecongost. 

TF Singers was born about a year ago when we started work on Seeking Christmas, a 19 track mixtape of original holiday themed music.  I have adopted a “character” for this work, an older person, who is perhaps inspired by Leonard Cohen or Iggy Pop.  Other artists have mentioned that when a singer takes a character they become that character. I think it's probably true in the case of List of Angels.  I was in a good mood when we wrote the music, in fact we sat down to make something like a disco record that would be some opulent feel good kind of thing.  What we ended up with was a series of works that addressed legacy, loneliness, living & dying in a distinctly new New York City.  Since we’ve finished the record, I have dealt with precisely these issues personally, in what would become probably the worst year of my life. 

It's funny how these things work out.  The thing about Singers as a practice is that all lyrics are improvised.  We spend a lot of time on the arrangements but the original vocal always stays.  It is often truncated as some of this flow state stuff is actually just boring, but I feel that I am opening up a path in myself to speak something like the truth.

I think it's important to say that this record is not a tribute to Jaimie Branch, as I feel there are many eerie moments on here that may seem to reference. I can tell you that I would not be making any music at all if not for the love of breezy, and I hope to carry her spirit with me to the best of my ability.

Anyway List of Angels will be everywhere Dec 1.
SO SO much love to all the Singers lets pushing.
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