"Studies" Vol 1: Loosen the Bands / LP

Music by Metavari / Tilt-shift cinematography by Andi Leemann and Jeri Peier.

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1-sided, 12" vinyl, high-fidelity recording / silk-screened artwork on b-side / packaged with a poster. Limited quantities.

The “Studies” volumes are a series of compositions, scored to collections of field recordings. The recordings are taken by us—cataloguing sounds and experiences from tour. In May 2009, we toured 14 U.S. cities with advanced copies of Be One of Us and Hear No Noise and captured the recordings for this volume. Loosen the Bands was written in the months following and is the first piece in the “Studies” series.

The piece is divided into three breaths - part one titled, "HR1948-1949", part 2, "HR1903," and the final breath, "HR1851-1852."

Loosen the Bands is 17 minutes and 21 seconds long.