Trick or treat! i'm giving out my album

[holden]

Hello to you!

It’s late on Halloween night in Houston. I’m manning the door, tossing wrapped sugar tricky treasures into the plastic banks of Incredibles and Angels and Dogboys.
Here’s a similarly sweet treat for you all. I hope it sticks.

Every half-year or so since 2002, I finish another long-player, a cathartic journey of where my head was and what I’d learned. It’s catharsis through creation, and as I haven’t the time for the oil paints or chisels these days, the computer and guitars will have to do. This latest album was finished a few months ago. Up until now, maybe a dozen people have heard it. In a few months, it will be superseded by whatever-comes-next, and by then the mistakes in this will be apparent and unforgivable. For the moment, it’s feels good enough that I’d like to share.


“Recovery” by Mental Health Consumer
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C7GWIXD2

01.tetris keyring 6:15
02.nighthawk 23:59
i.flightpath
ii. folded
iii. seldom seen
iv. the Lost Neighborhood
v. objective perspective
03.everything restored 4:35
04.shudder & shake 4:43
05.sense emphasis 6:32
06.appropriate in Amaj9 3:16
07.recovering the M.I.A.’s 5:45
08.jetlag 4:27
09.still in therapy, but making big strides 5:42
10.the other side of town 4:45
11.irretrievable things 6:58


Savvy Underworld fans might recognize the opening track title and the similarity of bassline to a certain jumbo-sized track. But with the second cut, a 24-minute, five-part journey, and the rest of the record, I hope that my own sound comes through. I chucked some album art in your sack as well. This really was a labor of love to make. I hope it connects with you on some level. If not, it only cost you a little time and the effort of dragging the folder to the recycle bin with the leftover candy.


Happy Halloween!
Holden