"Epstein recorded the LP at his home studio on an eight-track tape machine, singing live and unedited, which gives many of the vocals the feel of an intimate voice note. He studied Lou Reed's The Blue Mask during this period, but where the Velvet Underground alum insists on infusing the day-to-day with heavy symbolism ("The image of the poet's in the breeze/Canadian geese are flying above the trees"),"
"On "Riverside," we step into an apartment made of "lapis and limestone" with "General Grant bones" and a wine-stained rug. Elsewhere, we're with Epstein standing at his standing desk on a song titled, aptly, "Standing at My Standing Desk." There's less Lou Reed swagger and more Paul Simon melancholy, a survey of modern American accoutrements and spiritual confusion delivered with a shrug."
A home-recorded LP uses an eight-track tape machine and live, unedited vocals to render everyday moments as existential vignettes. The music shifts from cinematic, jazzy scoring to grounded, pithy pop couplets that focus on middle-age domestic life—black mold, dishwashers, standing desks, and tomato sandwiches. Songs create miniature tableaux of interiors and routines, from an apartment of "lapis and limestone" to a track about standing at a standing desk. The tone favors plainspoken melancholy over swagger, balancing earnestness and wry humor while surveying modern American accoutrements and spiritual confusion. Influences include Lou Reed's The Blue Mask, but the delivery aligns more with Paul Simon melancholy.
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