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The Foam Alone

Meadownoise

Released by yk Records
July 24th, 2024
20 tracks
55:27
The Foam Alone
The Foam Alone
The Foam Alone, My God
0:00
3:01
1
The Foam Alone, My God
Meadownoise
Sorry, guys, we were born this way. The taste for sugar the surplus heat snapped up by the brain all that lust the endless chatter, bicycle or train– I’m sorry. The algae, the books, songs, marches, dirty looks the calls grass, corn the shoes the water– Thank you, for sure. You were born this way. The foam alone, my god. I’m sorry, it’s pitiful. Algorithm, exotic metal, the tea before the steaming kettle, plagues and prizes, medals, nods, secret radiating rods Brains are trained and spiraled out. One figures in, one figures out. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, guys. It sucks. Do you see the neat circle? Yes or no? We were born this way. The lust, the taste for sugar the surplus heat snapped up by the brain the endless chatter, bicycle or train– I’m sorry.
3:01
2
Besos Para la Abuela
Meadownoise
Lo primero que hay que hacer Trabaja por nada. A ver si funciona. Solo para ver. A llegado el momento. Proximo dirígete al escuela. Besos para la abuela. Mientras tanto vive con casi nada. Fácil con los zapatos buenos. A llegado el momento irrevocable. Lo más difÍcil es hacer lo que te dicen. Simple para alguno, pero no los viejos. A llegado el momento irrevocable.
5:21
3
Turtle
Meadownoise
0:46
4
The Magnolia
Meadownoise
4:11
5
Oat
Meadownoise
0:21
6
Aqui Crece
Meadownoise
Entonces aquí crece tal como me dijiste Tan difícil de atraparlo en mis ojos, mi pecho Donde sea que resida el calor Y ahora es Abril, de nuevo Mayo. Tal como me dijiste Los ojos preocupado, inviernos largos Largo día de invierno Su calor Dónde sea que resida el calor Tan como me dijiste La niebla de Agosto, el fango El expectativa de Junio Entonces aquí crece El césped Donde sea que resida el calor.
3:45
7
Tennis
Meadownoise
1:47
8
Expectation of June (with Katja Raine)
Meadownoise
I can’t wait to spend the year with you. Oh, but I can wait. Look how long it’s been wanting for a friend. Oh, how I can wait. I can’t wait to spend the day with you, this imperfect soul. The photography smiles and dances. Take it all with you. It’s not suffering in comparison, in my chest and eyes. Now it’s April, worried winter long, where the heat resides. La niebla de Agosto, El expectación El expectación de Junio. I can’t wait to spend the year with you. Oh, but I can wait. Look how long it’s been wanting for a friend. Oh, but I can wait. I can’t wait to spend the day with you, this imperfect soul. The photography smiles and dances. Take it all with you.
4:04
9
Hug
Meadownoise
0:52
10
The Additional Words of Jonny Troubles
Meadownoise
To others, a little detour. The idea of a little laugh. Not rich, my great uncle doesn’t need much cloth. Television screen– I gave a try a while back, finally. Mother, she was afraid– the window, the hallway to the bathroom, the unknown distance. Proud rural Alabama ball player– something about them, they aren’t that easy to find. Ten thousand family and friends, the more other people I do know. I might, and say, “Yes, yes yes yes.”
3:34
11
The Foam Alone, My God (discussed by Sugar Skulls)
Meadownoise
3:01
12
Besos Para la Abuela (hummed by Sarah Saturday)
Meadownoise
5:21
13
Turtle (Matt Parish compiling)
Meadownoise
0:47
14
The Magnolia (Eve Maret + Shrimpy clarinet reaction)
Meadownoise
4:11
15
Oat (Wendy Walker Silverman blues)
Meadownoise
0:21
16
Aqui Crece (Ben Garnett playing)
Meadownoise
3:45
17
Tennis (Andie in front of Random Sample)
Meadownoise
1:47
18
Expectation of June (Carl Abrams in the laundry room)
Meadownoise
4:04
19
Hug (spoken by Amoretta Layne and Kyle Numann)
Meadownoise
0:53
20
The Additional Words of Jonny Troubles (catwalk by Mike Shepherd)
Meadownoise
3:35

An experiment in offline participation. The Foam Alone was released on July 24, 2024 on a set of flash drives. What you found online was something else - an enticement, a reminder, a wiff of more. Receiving a drive from a friend or being bestowed a gift from a stranger, in real life, was necessary to hear The Foam Alone.

Read more about the release from the Nashville Scene:

"Are there upsides to frictionless listening? Sure. But The Foam Alone is a reminder that music is artistic expression, not just content to be consumed. “
https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/features/nashville-music-recommendations-gillian-welch/article_d005d4b2-8009-11ef-951e-e36417dc8b40.html

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Sept 2025, The Foam Alone starts finding its way out into the digital world. Experience it again for the first time.

Credits

“The Foam Alone, My God”
bass drum, bass, Wurlitzer, piano, reedless tenor saxophone, violin

“Besos Para la Abuela”
guitar, Minimoog, drum machine

“The Magnolia”
shakere, kalimba, snare drum, Hammond x77, shaker, tuba, bass, Minimoog

“Aqui Crece”
piano, tenor saxophone, Dr. Sample, cello, violin, Hammond x77

“Expectation of June”
clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, frame drum, dumbek, Wurlitzer

“The Additional Words of Jonny Troubles”
piano, tuba, euphonium, trumpet, Hammond x77, phone conversation

“Turtle”, “Oat”,“Tennis”, “Hug”
reedless tenor saxophone and electronics

All music and lyrics by Matt Glassmeyer, except for “Expectation of June” vocal by Katja Raine.

Meadownoise Thanks:
Michael Eades, G. Seth West, and Tye Bellar were important to the production and presentation of this music. Thank you, boys.

Thanks to Winston Harrison for playing Meadownoise shows.

Additional contributions and thanks to sugar sk*-*lls, Sarah Saturday, Matt Parish, Eve Maret, Shrimpy, Wendy Walker Silverman, Ben Garnett, Andie Billheimer, Carl Abrams, Amoretta Layne, Kyle Numann, Mike Shepherd.

Thanks to the first Monday community and to Shara, Gus, and Bee, as always.

“The Foam Alone, My God (Discussed by sugar sk*-*lls)”
sugar sk*-*lls [Ben Marcantel, Tye Bellar and G. Seth West]
sugarskulls.bandcamp.com

“Besos Para la Abuela (Hummed by Sarah Saturday)”
Hummed by Sarah Saturday [Gardening, Not Architecture]
gardeningnotarchitecture.bandcamp.com

“Turtle (Compiling by Matt Parish)”
stuffedspider.bandcamp.com

“The Magnolia (Clarinet Reaction by Eve Maret)”
Clarinet by Eve Maret. Reaction by Shrimpy
evemaret.bandcamp.com

“Oat (Wendy Walker Silverman Blues)”
wendywalkersilverman.com

“Aqui Crece (Ben Garnett playing)”
bengarnett.bandcamp.com

“Tennis (Andie at Random Sample)”
Ambience by 48th Ave N, Nashville.
body-electric.bandcamp.com
instagram.com/rand0m_sampl3

“Expectation of June (Carl Abrams in the Laundry Room)”
cmaxj-photography.com

“Hug (Spoken by Amoretta Layne and Kyle Numann)”
cloudmouthmusic.bandcamp.com

“The Additional Words of Jonny Troubles (Catwalk by Mike Shepherd)”
towerdefense.bandcamp.com

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