Saturday, January 4, 2014

The Patience EP: A musical primer



For the past year I've been working on The Patience EP, a collection of songs I wrote from May-December 2012. The six-song project, a collaboration with my brother Parker, is in many ways a creative leap forward for me. I've been performing the songs solo for more than a year now, with the hope of sharing these full-band recordings eventually  once the recordings felt complete. This process took longer than expected, but The Patience EP is finally recorded, mixed, and mastered. And it will be coming your way very soon.

Before you hear it, though, I wanted to share some context, at least sonically. The following five songs, and the musicians involved, had a sizable impact on The Patience EP. These songs and these artists helped me find my own voice; my own sound; my own musical confidence. Sharing The Patience EP without sharing these songs would be an incomplete reveal.

Allen Stone: "Unaware"



Here We Go Magic: "Made To Be Old"



Lianne La Havas: "Lost & Found"



Tingsek: "Six Years"



Jessie Ware: "Night Light"