i’ve been experimenting with home recording now that i have a reel-to-reel. i posted something i made recently on my tumblr, along with the lyrics. CARRYING CLOSER: strangemagnetism.tumblr.com
“We dream of diaries that tell us tomorrows: I did it, and it worked out. The calendar will tell us what we are, we say – twins or virgins, bulls or fishes, appointed by stars. We judge ourselves by our friends, by the company we keep. But it’s our actions that dictate our lives, or perhaps it’s our thoughts, or perhaps it’s our memories & culture, or perhaps our genes. Or perhaps our futures comes from the twisting up of expectation and regret, like the way we twist up a cone of paper or foil, before we fill it with flowers, or with chestnuts, or with french-fried potatoes, like that time in Wales, before we got on the bus. [buy Claire Cronin's exemplary Proof of Names EP]”
“Her songs are folksy but not cute. They echo around the room and feel heavy and strange like snow settling on the top of your head. You don’t realize what’s happening until it’s already happened.”