After some years playing together in various configurations, Carol Genetti & I (Eli) play duo for the first time at Myopic Books on October 21st. This was a month and a half before I moved to Pittsburgh from Chicago. It was also during the 2019 Chicago Teacher & Staff strike, which I was working on supporting through the Democratic Socialists of America. It was a time of peak burnout for me, where I was processing the last decade growing up, living, organizing and playing in Chicago - as well as taking in and being a part of a very intense political moment. I think the intensity and sensitivity of the time, and the spirit of the political and music communities comes through on this recording done on Carol's zoom, played in front of a few book store characters and some close musical comrades (Gerrit Hatcher & Julian Kirshner, who unwittingly contribute with finger tapping here and there, which I am very into).

credits

released May 6, 2020

Carol Genetti - vocals & electronics
Eli Namay - upright bass

Artwork and recording by Carol Genetti
Mixed by Eli Namay