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Not Even Happiness

Nine tracks in 32 minutes, recorded in Buffalo with strings from a New Hampshire cabin.
Julie Byrne, 2017

Wikipedia says it was recorded and mixed in Buffalo, with strings recorded at a cabin in Holderness, New Hampshire, and names no studio; Stereogum says it was recorded at her childhood home. Alan Douches mastered it, Michele Finkelstein plays flute on "Melting Grid", and Chris Masullo guitar on "Sea as It Glides". Bandcamp Daily's Max Mohenu described sweeping ambient soundscapes and lush, fingerpicked melodies. Year-end placements included Spin 9, Uncut 14, Stereogum 20 and Pitchfork 37.

Track listing

  1. Follow My Voice4:02
  2. Sleepwalker4:19
  3. Melting Grid4:21
  4. Natural Blue3:59
  5. Interlude1:37
  6. Morning Dove2:59
  7. All the Land Glimmered Beneath3:04
  8. Sea as It Glides4:12
  9. I Live Now as a Singer4:04

More from Julie Byrne

Julie Byrne (2012), Rooms With Walls And Windows (2014), The Greater Wings (2023)

Sources

  1. Not Even Happiness, Wikipedia
  2. Julie Byrne, Not Even Happiness, Bandcamp Daily (2017-01-12)