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