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Assemblage

by field flower

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1.
Hold My Head 02:57
(previously released : 01/04/14) hold my head in your arms tell me everything's okay i'm filled with anxiety in this uncertain world i feel like a helpless boy in this fucked up place i don't want to feel bad for living my life this way this body is strange but it covers the fear i feel on the inside of my soul.
2.
Soft Skin 02:36
(previously unreleased : 07/??/15) (song was written and originally performed in a temporary band i was in called the golden moons! this is a solo version i made sometime within the time i was forming the full band version.) covered in a blanket of bricks i've got soft skin and anxious bones surrounded in fog the mist i'm searching for clarity in our hunger for happiness does it lead us astray into the briar patch tattered and torn
3.
(previously released : 05/27/15) so grateful for the things that i do have regardless of how little and insignificant i feel so little and insignificant in this big world of ours ours to treasure, not destroy less we destroy ourselves
4.
Current Days 02:06
(previously released : 12/14/12) nothing i do ever makes sense to you i've gotta' keep my feet moving and i've gotta' keep heart beating and how do you do? i've been quite blue what's hovered over me has moved onto you? and i know this clutter, this mess it's just a sign of distress i've put my arms up in the air and shouted i don't care shouted i don't care shouted i don't care but we all really do but we all really do it's just not fair it's just not fair and i've learned to deal with it i've learned to deal with it that's just life that's just life
5.
Little Moth 01:18
(previously release : 12/16/15) little moth laying on the floor dying little world spinning fast, faster you don't know what's gonna' happen next little moth lying there on the floor dead
6.
(previously released : 12/14/12) too many words exit my mouth and too many thoughts stay it's better to write sounds out then let them stray i'm learning on how to feel when things go bad, okay? this constant interuption for twenty two years i'm still holding on even though i'm hopeless and helpless
7.
Child 01:37
(previously released : 01/04/14) i'm an adult. am i an adult? i am a kid? i am a kid. what's your problem? can't you just be nice? what my problem? i just can't get it right.
8.
(previously released : 12/16/15) bury me into the leaves among the trees i will fade away, away bury me into the leaves sinking into the ground far away from people far away from people the good i'll miss the bad, the bad bury me into the trees far away from people into a hundred years i will be the earth the deer grazing on me the birds fluttering grass over my body that is the earth
9.
(previously released : 12/14/12) no it's not that easy no it's not that easy never give up never give up never give up never give up someday we'll all find a way to make our hearts happy i'm sure i'll find it i'm sure i'll find it i'm sure i'll find it and you can find me where it's lush and green concrete beams and water to my knees to my knees never give up never give up never give up never give up
10.
Restless 06:16
(previously unreleased : ??/??/??) improvisational words i can't remember. feeling pretty restless all the time.
11.
Winter 01:35
(previously released : 12/16/15) winter is coming winter is here oh god my mind is already shit i'm trying to survive oh mind
12.
Be Brave 02:15
(previously released : 5/7/13) feeling so sick all the time but it's nice to be outside where you feel earth under your feet wait a second, there you go again leaving me behind how do you forget so easily? and there's always a whisper of doubt in your mind and there's always a whisper of doubt in mine there's nothing left to do but hold on tight.
13.
Schefflera 03:04
(previously released : 12/16/15) melatonin lets be friends and help my stupid fucking head get some rest, rest get some rest, rest water lets be friends and hydrate me and all my plants cuz' i don't wanna die, i don't wanna die i don't wanna die i don't want all my plants to die little schefflera soaking up all the sun and sansevieria growing so tall and strong soak up that sun grow tall and strong
14.
(previously released : 12/14/12) wrote you a letter put it in your mailbox cut up the paper to make something better looked at the sky but it had no answer question me why but there is only sighs so i've decided just to take my bike and my luck to the woods and bury everything i know i've got no choice i've got no choice i've got no choice but to feel out of luck
15.
Thank You 02:27
(previously released : 07/??/15, then removed from the world some time in 2016) i want to thank you for having a beautiful heart and soul so shed those tears i don't want you sad my dear i want to thank you for being such a beautiful soul thank you i wanna thank you for being beautiful on the inside shed those tears
16.
(previously released 12/14/12) living inside these four walls makes me sad and disgusted because it's not a place where i wanna' be. the worlds a beautiful place i know for sure the words from that beautiful face i wanna' hear more i want fresh air and new roof i wanna' struggle on my own no one to bring me down not even myself i won't live your destructive life and i don't wanna give a damn about you anymore so i will push myself out the door and i don't wanna give a damn about you anymore so i will push myself right out the fucking door
17.
Trying 02:11
(previously released : 12/16/15) walking in the rain taking my time slow i'm trying to decompress my brain from all that bothers me in this world and i'm trying not to be so down at everything it's work, it's hard it's work, it's hard work
18.
12.31 04:12
(previously released : 12/31/16) light a candle pour a glass of water look outside the window outside below
19.
Gauche 01:55
(previously unreleased - ??/??/??) i'm just the boy, the awkward one who can't form coherent sentences i'm just the wallflower you forgot to water i spent the last few days wondering existence i spent the whole summer feelings all alone it's okay, it gets better i'll blush under the autumn weather go to weird parties and not even care it's whatever whatever

about

a collection of mostly previously released songs, along with a handful of old songs never released until now. nineteen songs that stretch three years and a vast array of sadnesses and sounds. an assemblage of audible work. most of this music isn't all that good, but the songs are intrinsic to who i am and are accounts of my experiences within this world. a lot of these songs became crutches for moments in my life when there was little to grasp on to. these songs became a vessel for all my sadness and anxiety and frustration and loneliness and bad feelings to float in.

i have many intentions to make more music that closer resonates to who i am now, and i am slowly working on that, but until then, it felt right to go through my library of old music and breathe some life into old music that i dearly love, even if i cringe through a lot of it. quality is all over the place. some songs are quiet and some are loud. apologies for the imbalance.

songs span from 2012-2015 (with one from 2016)
some tracks recorded via a crappy microphone i borrowed from an old friend and never gave back, and some tracks recorded on a 4 track recorder.

sounds vary far and wide, and mostly include (but not limited to)
guitar
ukulele
casio sk-1
yamaha portasound
other random keyboards
korg ds
micro korg
clarinet
lots of random things being hit by plastic mallets

thank you for listening.

album art collage made by me. if you want to see more of my visual work, let's be friends.

xoxo, ryan

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released July 2, 2017

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