Psychical
Cover design by Gabe Anderson with photo by Chris Frisina and logo by Jason Blyskal
SCR-015
By SunSp.t
Release date - 2021/09/30
12 Track - Digital Download, Streaming
The record Physical features songs and compositions performed and mixed entirely by deep Sleepy collaborator, Joe MacPhail.
Joe is known for his live and recorded work with the Folk and Jazz scenes of Durham and Chapel Hill, this record offers a pure and distilled version of his creative expression. The album is created with a hybrid approach combining musicianship, songwriting and modern production. The project features a combination of vocals and vocoder singing alongside an army of keyboards and drums, with some guitars thrown into the mix. Lizzy Ross (of Violet Bell) and Emily Musolino (of Emily Musolino Band) perform guest vocals on the songs Beholden and Time Never Grows Back. Saman Khoujinian (of T. Gold) mastered the record in a manner that allows the songs to pop out of the speakers.
The album features songs about living life to the fullest in a technological world sliding into disarray. It is part of an international musical love movement. The album features themes of accepting impermanence, questioning power dynamics, growing from life’s hurdles and moving with intention. The album is anti-war and anti-imperialism.
Many of the songs were created from scratch in a day or two. Joe performed instruments on top of each other with the intention of creating a visceral experience and capturing a specific feeling while in the flow state. Every song features its own instrument combination, or unique band of Joe’s. The final track, Lavender Or Blue, is a live-performed piano and bass with an overdubbed vocoder melody. The album ends with the sentiment “That stagnant air we breathe will pop like bubbles in the breeze”
Credits
Performance
All instruments including keyboards, drums, vocals, vocoder, guitars, electronic drums, percussion, aux sound effects performed by Joe MacPhail
Harmony Vocals on Beholden performed by Lizzie Ross
Harmony Vocals on Time Never Grows Back performed by Emily Musolino
Production
Written by Joe MacPhail
Produced by Joe MacPhail
Recorded at SunSp.t Laptop by Joe MacPhail
Engineered by Joe MacPhail except:
Drum Engineering (1, 5, 10) by Saman Khoujinian at the Rubber Room
Drum Engineering (7) by Brett Scott at BnB Audio
Mixed by Joe MacPhail
Mastered by Saman Khoujinian
Cover Art Design by Gabe Anderson with photo by Chris Frisina and logo by Jason Blyskal
Lyrics
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