CD comes in an eco-wallet cardboard case with photography by Heather Skye and CD photo by Justin Zoll.
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This album took 4 years to realize and was made possible by my friends who are all featured on this album - their boundless love, talent, and energy astounds me - and this magnetic place I came to more than a decade ago - Ithaca. It is dedicated to my Dad, Tim.
Through creating these songs, I've had bizarre and normal experiences involving death and mortality. For a while I unknowingly existed in a state of anxiety - every move as if something bad was about to happen. Over the last 4 years I've watched myself grow in reflections on my Dad's passing, and said goodbye to my grandma, a special home in the NC mountains, a relationship, my 1st band, and one of my best friends, my aunt Rebekah, in a tragic car accident due to a drugged & drunk driver. 2 years ago a good friend and artist passed from an overdose. I finished recording vocals this Summer 2 days before my lifelong BFF passed away - my Nana Virginia - who was able to hear mixes from her hospital bed.
When I was brainstorming a title, research revealed that classical necromancers did what I've done -- and that the oldest literary account of necromancy is found in Homer’s Odyssey, where Odysseus realizes he can't summon the spirits without the help of others. I hope you'll find what your heart is seeking, too. Thank you for listening.
credits
released October 12, 2018
Produced by Dana Billings & Hayden Eager
Music by Hayden Eager & Dan Barker
Lyrics by Hayden Eager
Mixed/Mastered by Dana Billings
Engineered by Dana Billings at Wilburland
& Black Bear Recording (Ithaca, NY)
Add’l Recording by Keith Lauria (Beacon, NY)
Vocals – Hayden Eager
Synth - Dana Billings, Dan Barker, Josh Oxford
Bass - Sam Smith & Angelo Peters
Guitar - Dan Barker, Ray McNamara, Keith Lauria
Drums – Dana Billings, Ashley Ickes, Andrew Klein
Percussion - Lucas Ashby & Fabi
Kalimba - Lucas Ashby
Cello - Daniel Frankhuizen
Trombone - T.J. Schaper
Inner photos by Heather Skye (at Ludlowville Falls) & Daniel Rey Lozano (candles)
Design by Hayden Eager & Graphics by Pat Burke