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These Are Some Of The Songs That Carry Us Through As We Mourn, & Rejoice.

by Cazo & DJQ

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IN THIS CURRENT MOMENT. WE ARE CAUGHT IN GRIEF. WE ARE IN MOURNING. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE WORTH REJOICING OVER.

RECALIBRATING IN OUR HOME STUDIO AFTER OUR COLLECTIVE STUDIO SPACE CLOSED DOWN. THIS PERIOD, FOR US, MEANT SITTING WITH THE THINGS CALLING US TO LET GO; CALLING US TO DIVE IN; CALLING US TO EXPRESS, LISTEN & OBSERVE. WRITTEN & REVISITED AS SUMMER COLLAPSED INTO WINTER, THESE SONGS ARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE ATTEMPTS TO SOOTHE THE HARDSHIPS OF REMEMBERING, SO WE MAY FEEL THE JOY OF IT, TOO.

MOST OF THE STUDIO SESSIONS FOR THIS EP STARTED OUT WITH AN IDEA. WITH LITTLE WORRY AS TO WHERE THE SONGS WOULD END UP, OR WHEN THEY'D BE RELEASED. THIS EP IS 3 OF 12 SONGS WE HAVE BEEN CULTIVATING & CURATING.

AS WE SAT WITH THE SONGS, & GAVE THEM MORE OF OUR TIME & CARE, WE FELT COMPELLED TO SHARE THEM BECAUSE OF HOW JOYFUL THEY MADE US FEEL. HOW EXCITING THE MUSIC IS TO US. WITH THESE SONGS, WE OPEN OUR HEARTS. WE SPEAK OF WHAT IS AND WHAT COULD BE. WE OPEN UP HOPE, SO LIGHT MAY SHINE IN. WE REMEMBER WE ARE HERE WITH EACH OTHER.

"WE ARE AWAKE. WE ARE ALIVE."

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released December 9, 2023

to breath in
drum programming, production & mixing by DJQ
keys, arrangement & vocals by Cazo
vocals by THEM&i

see this world through (interlude)
arrangement & mixing by DJQ
keys & arrangement by Cazo
vocals by THEM&i

what a beginning
production & mixing by DJQ
keys, vocals & arrangement by Cazo

cover photo shot by Ghazal Hessami

RECORDED AT CASA BEFFA

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