Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow

by Jonah Parzen-Johnson

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Liance Innovative, experimental, haunting. Jonah packs some real emotion into these jarring pieces. Favorite track: I Keep Thinking Sit Down.

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1.	I Keep Thinking Sit Down 06:18	buy track
2.	If You Can't Sleep, Just Shut Your Eyes 05:06	buy track
3.	Never Stop Counting 04:54	buy track
4.	Eyes Like Paddles 05:41	buy track
5.	I Wrote A Story About You, Without You 05:34	buy track
6.	Stay There, I'll Come To You 05:52	buy track
7.	On The Way Home (Neil Young Cover) 03:54	buy track

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Nostalgia can seem comforting, but I think it should be incredibly unsettling. I wrote the songs on "I Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow" around the idea that the best period in my generation’s lifespan was gone, but after a few nights on the road, looking people in the eye with that idea in mind, I saw how lazy I was being. It doesn’t feel good to be devoting so much time to counting the ways we’ve failed, and ignoring the hundreds of little ways I could be fixing this mess. Its time to stop drowning in nostalgia, and start finding ways to make our lives about repairing our broken systems. I think the first step is admitting that anyone's problem is all of our problem.
- Jonah

Recorded live to two track tape without loops or overdubs using only analog instruments.

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released June 2, 2015

Jonah Parzen-Johnson - Baritone Saxophone and Analog Synthesizer

All compositions except "On The Way Home" were written by Jonah Parzen-Johnson
On The Way Home was written by Neil Young

Engineered by Aaron Nevezie at The Bunker
Mastered by Alex DeTurk at Strange Weather

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Jonah Parzen-Johnson Brooklyn, New York

I make music with baritone saxophone and electronic instruments.

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