Field Guide

Over the past year or so, I’ve been touring in support of a bunch of rad artists all over Canada the US and in Europe. I’ve been playing solo every night which at first felt like more of a necessity than anything but over time has become something that I very much love. The songs have grown and taken on a new life, I wanted to capture them again in this moment. So, without much of a plan I went over to my pal Kris Ulrich’s place and two days later we had a record that I am incredibly proud of. We recorded everything live with no overdubs to Kris’ recently purchased Tascam 388 tape machine. The process was fast and inspiring. I grabbed whatever instruments were in arms reach, a classical guitar, viola bass, my Roland Rhythm Ace drum machine, everything felt very off the cuff. Some new melodies surfaced, new arrangements, feels and harmonic structure. Kris ran everything through a spring reverb and a delay pedal and performed live effects as I played the songs in the room. I wasn’t on headphones so I didn’t know what he was doing until playback – it was always vibey and cool.