LOOSE ENDS
I started writing Loose Ends in the converted garage where I lived for 7 years, on a 102 year old piano I bought off of Craigslist. I was frustrated by a lack of movement, a longing to travel, and I was struggling to overcome my own mental blocks preventing me from any sort of creative output. In moments like these, I find it easy to say “Let’s try somewhere else, something else. Abandon ship, because this ship isn’t sparking any joy anymore”. I think we can all relate to that feeling of stagnation, especially now. It even helps just thinking about being somewhere else, somewhere that makes you feel like your brain is growing, like you’re small and swimming in a world of new.
Several years later, after some encouragement, I applied for an artist residency grant where you get to spend 1-2 weeks in a house alone on a near-deserted island off the coast of Boston in the middle of February. I had no excuses, no distractions, no other people - nothing but writing, which at the time felt very exciting, but also towering and looming and scary. My goal was to write a record and find a sound. The sound. My sound, for right now. It was a hugely important trip for me, and I kept very strange, wonderful hours. I came to terms with years of being unsure of my voice, I experimented a lot with sounds and textures, and I recorded the birds out on the water outside (they’ll make repeat appearances in songs to come).
Loose Ends is the first in a batch of new pieces I will be releasing over the next several months. These are the textures I love, these are the melodies that floated down into my brain, these are some of the words that have been swimming in my soul for months, years (and for two of the songs, a decade).
Enjoy. I really hope you do. Either way I love these pieces. And that’s a cool thing to feel.
- Liz
Written by Liz Fohl and Lauren LoGrasso, Produced by Liz Fohl
Mixed by Steve Bone, Mastered by Hans DeKline
Artwork by Andrea Montealegre