Gathering Thoughts by The Owl

Whoever I am.
Wherever I will go.
Whenever it will all end.
I will remain as I was when I began,
searching endlessly for something more than myself,
beyond what I can possibly know.

Re: invention - I gather my thoughts
Regarding the interventions - These are some of the stories.

As always, extra thoughts and stories in 'Lyrics' and download.

'Time is short, gather your hidden treasures!'
Thank you Willard of Spukkopf and Haunted Head (for talks, quote and release). This quote gave me a big nudge of energy and momentum to compile, complete and look to release the album:
https://hauntedheadrecs.bandcamp.com
https://spukkopf.bandcamp.com/album

Tracklist

1.	Forever thinking with both shoulders	3:10

2.	My childhood clock radio was my hero	4:33

3.	Practicing meditation to recover from trauma	10:00

4.	Dream in drone and feel complete	5:40

5.	Of course, each memory could be its own chapter	1:15

6.	The first one to question why	1:15

7.	An invitation for planetary invasion	1:00

8.	A plan I planned to plant a plan in a plant	1:00

9.	From the shadows appear five sirens to tantalise and tease	18:00

10.	I hope the bird that crashed into my window lived	6:10

11.	Moments before the profound impact	3:05

12.	Owls are from Mars, Eagles are from Venus	1:30

13.	I have made it this far, I may as well keep going	15:25

14.	In the kingdom of the final sleep	8:35

Credits

released October 6, 2024

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Recently I have been trying to complete more releases and gather up songs and sounds that shouldn't die inside unsorted folders, with the mindset that each release could be my last.

It is a terrifying thought, and it won't be the last time I express it, but it is pushing me to be more honest, open, thoughtful, introspective and (hopefully) profound, so maybe it isn't a bad approach.

This is an amalgamation of an album ('Whoever I Am Wherever I Am'), 2 EPs ('Gather The Strays' and one about the bird that concussed itself flying into my bedroom window), all then worked on more to fit the bigger, new overall concept.

I drew the image on the cover in September 1996. I had the DNA symbol part of it tattooed on me around a year afterwards. I am so happy to finally get to use this as a record cover.

Made between January 5th and July 12th 2024, on synth, keyboard, guitar, piano, voice, sounds captured in and around the house.

Thank you to those who see these words, read the stories, hear the sounds. May you find something that resonates in any way.

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Album on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Yl2g401H4

Thank you Shaun at The Institute For Alien Research for the inspiring 4'33" compilation series, one of which includes 'My childhood clock radio was my hero': ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/collage-music-23

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