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'Diaries' is a two part diary/journal I kept during the making of this album. It offers a naked and blunt insight into my mind, the 'creative' process and the mundane hours the world fell into during 2020-2021.
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I was told to live
A simple lie
Not knowing if
We’re living on borrowed time
To draw blood from a stone
And drag the word
Not knowing if
They fall in in line
You were told to live
With unopened arms
Had the nest become
A ghostly deserted place
Had the stork gone out
And forgave the pain
Not knowing yourself
Not knowing your place
We were told to live
We were told to live
To wonder why
The moon punctuates the earth
So I read the book
But It didn’t fit
I found god too intrusive
And quick to turn on the rain
You were meant to live
Today
You were meant to live
When summer comes
To stain all the glass
Alter in gold
Laughter and mirth
How could I go
Hay barn on fire
Sleeping through
Pull the thread of a cobweb
An hour each day
Every time I looked
You were looking away
You be the present
I’ll live in the past
Pouring out old photos
Of you stood by the bay
Where did it go
Where did it go
I’ll put the memory
In this leaving song
I sing to remember
The evening astray
But you should hear something better
To end your day
End your day
5.
Last Night In Exile
6.
Fifteen
7.
New Pardoner
about
Written and recorded 2020-2022, in too many rooms and with too much distraction.
For Rachel, my guiding light through the darkness.
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To sum up a body of work, a collection of songs or a single piece of expression is hard. I can't claim these pieces document a particular place, lived experience or period of time but I can say they were written strongest in the moments I was overwhelmed by the world.
Much of this was written during a period I spent having returned to my childhood home, amongst cobwebs, creatures, artefacts and memories I didn't recognise.
I found myself in a life-hiatus, trying to move closer to a loved one during a pandemic and battling a physical illness that hampered my guitar playing and energy.
I found myself exploring faith during these periods, despite the most open mind I found any God to be too intrusive. There was no system that could explain the things humans experience in their lives and the things I saw and heard around me.
This humble collection of songs is my attempt to understand these things, to understand how experience shapes us and most importantly, how our own lived experience can be used to better understand another's.
The most important thing is to love and to be loved. To hold sight of this during the most stormy weather and the longest nights.
credits
releases August 27, 2022
Jacob Ware - Songwriting, Production, Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Demi Haynes - Backing Vocals (1,4) Lead Vocals (5)
Fernando Mendez - Strings
Nestor Middleton - Piano (4)
Luke De-Sciscio - Backing Vocals (7)
Mixed by Jacob Ware, Jamie Moore, Fernando Mendez
Mastered by Mike Sims
Additional artwork by David Nix
Tape + Vinyl Layout by Manon Raupp
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With thanks to Demi, Angie, Filip, Fernando, Jamie, David, Manon, Luke, Robyn, Nestor and Mike for their inspiration, work and for holding my hand during the making of this record.
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