At Home by Lowland Hum
Though we’ve often pined for a long season at home during our many years on the road, we were a bit blindsided by the realities of home living when we found ourselves quarantined like the rest of the world in the early spring of 2020. We realized very quickly that we were actually quite bad at being at home, having spent the past nine years honing a skill set that made life away from home more livable. It was a clumsy time for us, adjusting to new rhythms that weren’t dictated by driving schedules and showtimes. Slower, unstructured days allowed a whirlwind of suppressed things to rise to the surface. Some days felt brighter than others, but many were shrouded in a mysterious heaviness that was hard to shake. A few months into this season of adjustment we discovered that we were pregnant. It was news that both excited us and brought up a host of questions and uncertainties we’d never before faced. This new family of songs came out of that melting pot of processing and restlessness. In many ways we are still learning how to be at ease in the rhythms of home life, and with our family growing we know that learning and adjusting will only continue to be the new way of things. We look forward to the adventure ahead as the things which we can’t control are often the ones that bring the greatest transformation.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to these songs, which for us will always be a time capsule of our first real season of life lived at home.
Thanks:
Lauren and Daniel would like to thank their families, their neighbors and their friends. Love and gratitude forever to Al Brilliant, our brother, friend, mentor, and great encourager. Special thanks to Jeff Stuart Saltzman, Dave McNair, Matt Wyatt and Alec Spiegelman for the contributions they made to this record. Endless thanks to the many loving people who contributed to the building of the studio in which these songs were recorded, and to Ben Hardesty, whose ingenuity, know-how and sweat turned a derelict stable into a place of warmth and creativity. Additional thanks to Steve Foxbury, Elly Tate, Shawn Fowler, Ronda Chollock, Bond and Amanda Richards, and the Golden Hour Team (Michael Allenby, David Wax, Suz Slezak).
Lowland Hum would also like to thank their Patreon community, their gofundme contributors, and the countless others who've been generous with time, energy and resources in this year that has been so disruptive and trying.
At Home is dedicated to our first child, whose presence changed us before he ever saw daylight. May he never know a moment without love.
Tracklist
| 1. | Where Are You? | 3:45 |
| 2. | 2082 | 5:56 |
| 3. | Try to Try | 4:05 |
| 4. | Not My Kind of World | 2:22 |
| 5. | Strange Love | 3:03 |
| 6. | This Part | 2:42 |
| 7. | Take Me In | 4:09 |
| 8. | Jenny Lake | 4:21 |
| 9. | Mystery Hymn | 3:45 |
| 10. | New Day | 4:41 |
Credits
At Home was written, arranged, and produced by Lowland Hum at Home Team Studio just north of Charlottesville, VA.
Drums on "2082" and "Try To Try" performed and recorded by Matt Wyatt at Tree and Booms Studio in Charlottesville, VA.
Woodwinds on "This Part" and "New Day" performed and recorded by Alec Spiegelman in Brooklyn.
Mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman
Mastered by Dave McNair
Artwork and Layout by Lauren Plank Goans
Lowland Hum is Lauren Plank Goans and Daniel Levi Goans
All songs © Daniel Levi Goans Music ASCAP 2021
License
All rights reserved.
After nearly a decade tirelessly touring the nation, Lowland Hum has spent the past few years devoted to a more regular writing and recording practice. They are currently taking submissions for their newest songwriting project.
In addition to his work with Lowland Hum, Daniel produces recordings for other artists and makes improvisational instrumental music under the name Windshook.