Drop Your Guard is a lamentation of sorts. Or maybe more of an uncomfortable question that I am trying to answer in my own mind as I observe strife in the world. And maybe it is something of a social criticism. Whatever the phrase is that eludes me, this is a song in which I am observing the friction that sparks between people when contrasting ideologies clash. I understand that conflict is simply a reality of life, but I also have an idealistic hope that love can win out in the end. To that end, this song expresses a longing to drop your guard, put down your arms, let your heart breathe.
"Time now to pause and wonder
How we’ve been torn asunder
Long are the years and moments
Lost in between - lost in between"
The Woodlands is my project with my wife Hannah. This is a lush, dreamy album about the love we crave and fear in the architecture of our souls. (bedroom pop / indie folk pop / singer-songwriter). Quiet Arrows
Mt. Mineral is my electronic project. I drizzled some remix sauce onto The Woodlands and we came up with some electronic pizzazz for a dizzy dazzle. (electronic / remixes / electroacoustic) Quiet Arrows
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