Sugar Pill by Saint Solitude
"For the first time, I wrote songs for a mood I needed badly to reconnect with – joy – even when I didn’t always feel that way. It was songwriting for a distant or slightly magical feeling. And then it just got more fun as I asked a ton of friends to contribute.
The process helped me realize there is a completely innocent value in tricking yourself to become happier. I might still be singing about my usual fodder of confusion, abandonment, and revolution, but hope and awe are the active ingredients."
Sugar Pill features contributions from José Ayerve (Spouse, A Severe Joy), Austin Lemieux (Cruel Hand), Erika Hansen, and many Bay Area musicians like Aviva le Fey, Ross Eustis (Jazz Mafia), Akiyoshi Ehara (The Seshen), Vega Victoria, and Hannah Glass. It was mastered by Mark Alan Miller at Sonelab and mixed by Neil Godbole (EDBL Music Collective) at Airship Laboratories and Andrew Schatzberg at Landslide Studio.
The album artwork showcases a new technology called generative visuals by Los Angeles artist David Dickinson.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sugar Pill | 3:56 |
| 2. | Grand Ellipses | 3:32 |
| 3. | Green Magic | 3:16 |
| 4. | 8 Circles | 2:28 |
| 5. | Robin is the Coke Bottle | 4:10 |
| 6. | Another Thing To Be Vengeful | 3:33 |
| 7. | Winnowing | 4:40 |
| 8. | Blind Chess | 2:52 |
| 9. | Aim | 1:55 |
| 10. | Inconsolia | 3:06 |
| 11. | Omni | 4:58 |
Credits
Written, performed, and produced by Dup Crosson. Recorded by Dup Crosson at Stumble Abode except drums recorded by Maryam Qudus at Tiny Telephone. Mixed by Neil Godbole at Airship Laboratories except “8 Circles” mixed by Andrew Schatzberg at Landslide Studio. Mastered by Mark Alan Miller at Sonelab. Layout by Dup Crosson and Karin Richey. Generative visuals and artwork created by David Dickinson.
Additional drum programming on “Grand Ellipses” by Akiyoshi Ehara. Trumpet on “Green Magic” and “Aim” by Ross Eustis. Lead guitar on “Another Thing to Be Vengeful” performed and recorded at home by Austin Lemieux. Violin and viola on “Omni” by Hannah Glass. Vocals on “8 Circles” by Victoria Häggblom. Vocals on “Winnowing” performed and recorded at home by Aviva le Fey. Vocals on “Inconsolia” performed and recorded at home by Erika Hansen. Vocals on “Omni” performed and recorded at Mobile Womb by José Ayerve.
Immense thanks and gratitude goes out to the following people for allowing this album to be a communal effort: every musician who contributed throughout time, space, and global chaos, Lee Crosson, Jan Crosson, Brian Enright, Hunter Ellis, Eyal Satat, Ben Dubin, David Dickinson, Karin Richey, EDBL Music Collective, Andrew Schatzberg, Deidre Locklear, Matthew Psyllos, Linda Konkoski, Jesse Rosen, and Louis Bryant III.
License
All rights reserved.
Saint Solitude is the musical persona of Maine native Dup Crosson.
Depending on the day, or the song, Crosson alternates between the roles of loop artist, multi-instrumentalist, and most importantly, songwriter. He combines his favorite elements of Britpop, shoegaze, post-punk, and psychedelia into accessible and immediately appealing pop songs hereby known as BITTERSWEET FUZZ.