On The Darkest Day, You took My Hand and Swore It Will Be Okay

by Ian Wellman

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1.	Prologue: Storm’s Brewing 02:42	buy track
2.	It Crept Into Our Deepest Thoughts 03:47	buy track
3.	(Police Helicopter Activity Increased - Jul 2020) 01:26	buy track
4.	The Toll on Our Daily Lives 04:52	buy track
5.	(Ash Falling on Power Lines - Sept 2020) 01:09	buy track
6.	I Watched The World Burn Without Leaving My Home 04:14	buy track
7.	(Wind Against Decaying Bus - Jan 2021) 01:35	buy track
8.	As The Beast Swallowed Us Whole 03:25	buy track
9.	(Extracting Oil as People Walk Their Dogs - Jan 2021) 01:44	buy track
10.	We Screamed For Help But Our Voices Were Drowned Out By The Noise of The World 04:37	buy track
11.	(Wind in the Wires - Jan 2021) 01:30	buy track
12.	All my Friends Sat on a Hill and Felt the Wind Blow 02:40	buy track
13.	The Light At The End 04:22	buy track

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‘On The Darkest Day, You took My Hand and Swore It Will Be Okay’ spawns out of reflections and realizations from the past year. The musical pieces themselves teeter between anger, anxiety, and hope, usually turning to distortion and noise. These were often an attempt to make sense of the happenings around the world. At times this process was a way to soothe my own frustrations with life at a standstill.

A big influence on this album was watching events unfold online. Technology made it incredibly easy to ‘experience’ something without having actually been there via live streaming and second-to-second updates on social media. You can now watch the world burn without leaving your home, and I did. With work on hiatus, I would obsessively watch how the world was fairing with the crises on our hands.

For an escape, I would often venture out for field recording. Unlike the reports I had heard about the silent cities, human-generated noise in Los Angeles never ceased. As people slowed their movement, the sound of LAPD helicopters were amplified. During the height of the fire season, I had recorded several areas to see how the air pollution had affected the soundscape. In North Hollywood, the electrical wires felt particularly loud as ash fell from the sky. Even as our forests burned, we continued to pump oil behind public parks and across the street from homes, only to speed up our own decline.

Through the year’s ups and downs, and navigating lots of unknowns, friends and family reassured me that it will be ok. This period was a constant reminder of how important it was to keep the folks you love close, physically or otherwise. Please hold on to each other.

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released December 3, 2021

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Ian Wellman combines slowed and distorted tape loop textures along with field recordings to create dynamic landscapes.

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