Trey Anastasio / Lonely Trip

Trey Anastasio
Title: Lonely Trip
Mixed: Trey's friend Bryce Goggin
Source:
★ 8.5

以前に、YouTubeに投稿された映像から
これらの曲を MP3 にして楽しんでいることを
お伝えしたと思います。

これらの音源が official release されました。

私が持っている音源で収録されなかったのは、
I Never Leave Home と Timeless、
The World is My Home の 3 曲。

私は、足りないこの 3 曲を入れて
コンプリート盤にしました。

逆に今回収録されて映像を発見できていないのは、
When The Words Go Awayの 1 曲 。
( Trey 以外の一般人がアップしている映像はあります )

2 曲目のイントロは、マイケルジャクソンのあの曲、
15 曲目は、ニールヤングのあの曲を連想してしまいます(笑)



↑ 自分で作成した時のジャケット。

1. Shaking Someone’s Outstretched Hand
2. A Wave of Hope
3. I Never Left Home
4. Lost in the Pack
5. If I Could See the World
6. The Greater Good
7. When the Words Go Away
8. Lotus
9. I Never Needed You Like This Before
10. The Silver Light
11. Are You There Colleen?
12. …And Flew Away
13. Till We Meet Again
14. Evolve
15. Lonely Trip

Note:
Lonely Trip was conceived and recorded in isolation
at my home studio (aka Rubber Jungle) during
the peak of New York City’s COVID-19 crisis, March - July, 2020.
When the lockdown began, I had by chance just completed
a weekend songwriting session with my friends and
longtime collaborators Tom Marshall and Scott Herman.
That session took place March 13th and 14th
just as the crisis was beginning in New York,
so the themes of fear and isolation were
already finding their way into those first songs.
By the time I arrived home, the situation in NYC had gotten much worse.

Knowing I wasn’t going to be leaving my apartment for a while,
I started working. It felt therapeutic to write.
I wanted to connect with our community in some way.
The unplanned nature of the recording meant
I didn’t have a lot of gear during this process.
I had an electric and an acoustic guitar, a small amp,
two microphones, some percussion,
and two keyboards, including an old Kurzweil
with very realistic drum sounds on it.
Everything was recorded through a Spire 8-track.
Lonely Trip is truly a raw, low-fi recording.

The process of writing songs became a reflective and healing experience.
Being able to share these songs instantly with
our community via Instagram felt equally profound.
It harkened back to my youth, before there was a Phish,
when I would write songs and home-record them specifically
with the intention of sharing them with
my circle of friends via cassette four-track recordings.

As the weeks went by, I worked on improving my recording techniques.
I called recording engineers including Ben Collette and
Vance Powell to get tips on microphone placement,
and I purchased a bass guitar online.
I also started tapping into a Dropbox folder with a
bout 30 four-minute drum sequences that
I had recorded with Jon Fishman over the last year.

For the previous few Phish albums (including Kasvot Vaxt and Sigma Oasis),
I had been experimenting with writing songs,
starting with drum beats that I had sung into my phone.
Fish and I would go into the studio and record the beats exactly as
I had sung them, with Fish launching off in his unique way after a minute or two.
I used these beats as building blocks to many of the songs on Lonely Trip,
and it explains how I could do a whole album in Rubber Jungle
with such good sounding drums. Thank you Fish!

The album was ultimately mixed by my friend Bryce Goggin,
and as always, Bryce’s mixes sound incredible. Thank you Bryce!

Lonely Trip was my message in a bottle during this time,
and I wish I knew how to properly thank all of you
in our community for listening and responding.
It meant so much to me. Thank you.
Wishing all of you much love and safety during this turbulent time.
This album is dedicated to the heroism of our healthcare and essential workers.
-- Trey

Lonely Trip will be available tomorrow, July 31, on digital platforms


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