Stormcloud Vinyl."Remembering is not the opposite of forgetting," Casey MQ sings at the start of Later that day,the day before, or the day before that, his new LP and Ghostly International debut. It's a phrasefittingly misremembered from something the LA-based, Canadian-born composer came upon ashe spiraled into unconscious and subconscious-led writing sessions at the piano. Casey's knownfor his 2020 breakthrough release babycasey, which gave voice to songs seen through the lensof childhood, various film score work and collaborations with artists such as Oklou (who returnshere), Eartheater, and Vagabon. His gifts as a producer and songwriter are rooted in texturalworld-building and the excavation of personal truth. With Later that day... he questions what istrue entirely, understanding our mind's tendency to bend and project onto pictures of the past.Across vivid, baroque pop balladry, Casey MQ reorients his recording project and point of viewunder the notion that memories are malleable. All the joy, pain, love, and loss housed withinremembrance is open to interpretation and deconstruction, which he does deftly, with curiosityand complete artistic freedom."It's a memory album," Casey puts it simply, winding up for the deeper unpacking, "and it mightbe a breakup album, too_there are more questions than answers." Engaging his dreams andsitting with sheet music at his newly acquired piano, he looked to new and old inspirationsincluding the works of Claude Debussy, Joni Mitchell, and Joe Hisaishi's beloved Studio Ghiblifilm scores. "Since I was young, I always wanted to write a piano album." babycasey's studiedelectronic sound isn't wholly abandoned on Later that day... instead, it comes through like anatmosphere, giving Casey's more spacious, minimal arrangements a distinct luster and sheen.The textures and tones shift from song to song as if mirroring the way our minds constantlyrecontextualize, remember, and forget.Cathartic opener "Grey Gardens" _ its title deriv...
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