4444, by Sam Gendel

4444

by Sam Gendel

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Andrew One of my most listened to album this summer. Super interesting sonically with amazing song writing. Favorite track: Passenger.

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1.	Children of Earth 04:02	buy track
2.	Promise Is 04:25	buy track
3.	Less But Better 03:22	buy track
4.	Lof 04:28	buy track
5.	Passenger 03:38	buy track
6.	No Place For This 04:51	buy track
7.	Speaking My Language 01:46	buy track
8.	DAVE 04:02	buy track
9.	Crosswords 04:14	buy track
10.	CHOICES 04:50	buy track
11.	Portrait Orchid Gun 07:18	buy track

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The title of the album is actually my symbol, stylized for print as 4 number 4's (4444). The 4's rearrange to form the symbol. The music is pursuing the symbol, or is it the other way around? The symbol embodies other things as well. If I tell you what the symbol means, it won't be so special anymore. If you tell me what the symbol means to you, it won't be so special anymore.

My advice:
Listen to the album from track 1 until the end. Then listen to the album in reverse, beginning with track 11. At the end of track 11 ("Portrait Orchid Gun") there is silence. Keep listening to the silence and you will be rewarded. Everything you need to understand this music is built into it. It is slow-paced and spacious, and it will not knock on the door to your mind or invade you. It is designed to invite you inside its subtle world, or to seamlessly exist as a part of yours. But really, what is the difference?
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released May 22, 2018

Sam Gendel: voice, guitar, saxophone, percussion
Adam Ratner: electric guitar
Kevin Yokota: drum set, percussion
Fabiano do Nascimento: guitar on "Portrait Orchid Gun"

Chris Sorem: engineering, mixing, mastering

Anne Rivera: tintype cover photo

Produced by Sam Gendel.

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Terrible Records is a Los Angeles based record label founded by Chris Taylor and Ethan Silverman in 2009.

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