February, by Jon, the Archivist

February

by Jon, the Archivist

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1.	hang my head 01:10	buy track
2.	february 03:07	buy track
3.	when i go 04:33	buy track
4.	trainsong 03:12	buy track
5.	bodies 02:43	buy track
6.	it's hard 03:45	buy track
7.	do you hate me 03:36	buy track
8.	fear 04:26	buy track

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this is an album i wrote as part of a songwriting challenge for the month of february that my friend rachel kline (rachelkline.bandcamp.com) came up with where she offered a series of 8 particular songwriting tests that had to be completed within one month. i decided to turn her briliant idea into a short record. oddly enough, this is probably my most personal record to date, and deals a lot with death, sadness, loneliness, and a lot of other things i was thinking a lot about this winter. i am okay now, at least, as okay as one can ever be. don't worry about me.

the challenges were as follows:

- a song that tells a secret
- a song that's not about love
- a song without a chorus
- a song that's a minute long
- a song your parents would hate
- a song written outside of your usual writing environment
- a song you need to write for you
- a song inspired by an image

rather than tell you which song i wrote corresponds to which challenge, i thought it would be interesting to leave it a mystery (obviously if you are very curious you can ask me and i will gladly tell you, some are more obvious than others). hopefully you find this album as intriguing and unexpected an experience as i had while writing it.

thanks to rachel for the wonderful prompt
&
thanks to all those whom i love

- jon

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released February 18, 2016

all songs written and recorded by jon brien, on an iphone
production in audacity

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Jon, the Archivist Worcester, Massachusetts

Jon the Archivist lives in Worcester, MA, and this is the sound of him screaming at nothing.

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