Monday, September 5, 2022

We Shall Rise

Summer Music Sessions

Love letter for today's music video:

If you watch this video closely and all the way to the end, you'll notice a couple things that seem "not quite right" such as lagging video that is behind the audio and a botched ending by the band. At the time of recording it felt as though we were meant to leave it as is, partially in reverence for the fact that we are not always in control (frankly we were tired of trying to get it perfect). Music and art are a process including many imperfections, and it lightened our load to laugh at this particular earthly blunder. We love singing this song and for every time we have sung it without issues, we present a moment in which we couldn't get it right. C'est la vie! We hope this offering will bring music to your heart and a little reminder to have fun despite the imperfections. Every day contains some little failures and some little victories. We are fully human. Let's ride this wave!

With love,

Ashley (probably the one who messed up the ending)

We Shall Rise

Written by J.E. Thomas. Arranged by Olin Johannessen.

Technical production by Olin Johannessen and Chuck Silva. Recorded at St. John's Episcopal Church (Portsmouth NH) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, as part of the Summer Music Sessions.

Featuring Olin Johannessen on guitar and vocals, Ashley Wade and Jennifer McPherson on vocals, and Rob Gerry on bass.