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montage

by kay echo

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about

have you heard of the Big Crunch? It's a hypothesis positing that the universe will eventually end by imploding on itself, collapsing into "the singularity". "Something" and "nothing" becomes just one thing. the opposite of the Big Bang, basically. I'm not a scientist but that's the gist.

I learned about this concept at a time when my own life felt like it was imploding. To me, there's a spiritual comfort to the idea that, whether we like it or not, all of the atoms we've ever been are going to the same place.

If it's going to happen, the Big Crunch is (probably) a long long long long way off. Billions of years away. The wikipedia page called "Timeline of the far future" can give you a sense.

And I have, what? 60, maybe 70 more years to do what I want before the lights turn off? This juxtaposition ignited something within me - a newfound sense of duty to try to make this time I have as good as it can possibly be. Something that, for me, started with being more honest with myself.

"why can't I look in the mirror?"
"why am I working a job I hate?"
"why do I feel like I'm constantly fucking up?"

I've had a tendency to not trust myself, my memories, or the way I perceive situations, and that can make planning for the future difficult. Making this record offered a way forward during a very uncertain time.

I realize now having made this that there's an opportunity to make good things while we're here, even in the face of, as my friend Ethan would put it, a "metric fuckton" of bullshit. A lot of days are probably gonna go to waste because we're sick and tired and imperfect. And maybe eventually everything - good and bad - will all go away. ashes to ashes and dust to dust etc. It's terrifying. It's relieving.

At the moment, I feel like I can be good and real in this world right this very moment. And I hope you can feel that too through this record.

credits

released February 3, 2023

recorded mid 2021 thru mid 2022
guitar, electronics, etc - kay joseph

mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service

thanks lauren, tyler, alyssa, mom, dad, and joe at stereojunk pr.

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kay echo Collingswood, New Jersey

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