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⠏⠯⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠵⠝⠮⠣⠗⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠺⠪⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠵⠝⠮⠳⠳⠝⠞⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠵⠝

⠗⠝⠮⠺⠪⠳⠝⠮⠳⠹⠪⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠞⠮⠳⠝⠮⠺⠪⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠞⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠵⠝⠮⠳⠝⠞⠮⠳⠝⠝⠮⠫⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠞⠼

⠧⠳⠳⠝⠞⠞⠮⠳⠝⠖⠕⠗⠵⠳⠝⠮⠫⠳⠝⠎⠗⠝⠞⠞⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠫⠇⠯⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠗⠝⠮⠫⠳⠝⠮⠮⠳⠵⠝⠎⠧⠯⠮⠳⠕⠯⠮⠳

⠯⠮⠳⠝⠎⠯⠺⠝⠎⠗⠵⠝⠮⠫⠮⠳⠕⠗⠵⠫⠮⠮⠫⠫⠧⠫⠞⠝⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠎⠧⠳⠳⠱⠝⠮⠳⠕⠝⠮⠫⠺⠵⠝⠮⠺⠪⠳⠳⠝

⠗⠽⠹⠜⠵⠝⠝⠮⠳⠵⠝⠮⠳⠝⠭⠯⠪⠗⠝⠮⠳⠵⠝⠮⠳⠽⠺⠿⠽⠯⠿⠽⠻⠼⠕⠯⠳⠹⠪⠳⠝⠽⠜⠮⠫⠞⠝⠮⠺⠼⠜⠮⠳⠳⠕⠯⠺⠪⠯⠺

⠗⠳⠹⠪⠳⠝⠮⠣⠯⠚⠊⠅⠩⠈⠅⠢⠐⠠⠡⠑⠉⠌⠘⠑⠹⠷⠻⠽⠝⠷⠝⠾⠺⠽⠝⠵⠝⠮⠺⠚⠮⠳⠝⠵⠝⠮⠺⠝⠝⠞⠼⠵⠹⠪⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝

⠗⠝⠮⠚⠙⠈⠄⠂⠢⠡⠡⠡⠁⠂⠅⠁⠂⠅⠁⠂⠐⠐⠐ ⠿⠞⠷⠻⠽⠽⠝⠞⠗⠯⠇⠉⠅⠂⠢⠮⠳⠝⠮⠫⠫⠳⠝⠮⠳⠕⠯⠺⠪⠗⠗⠝⠎⠗⠝⠮

⠗⠈⠐⠐⠄⠅⠅⠢⠨⠨⠜⠖⠕⠗⠝⠞⠮⠳⠳⠕⠗⠵⠳⠽⠳⠟⠾⠽⠯⠷⠳⠳⠳⠽⠝⠖⠽⠕⠯⠺⠝⠮⠳⠵⠵⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠙⠈⠅⠐⠨⠠⠡⠁⠂

⠐⠐⠐⠨⠐⠈⠜⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠕⠯⠮⠫⠇⠯⠺⠪⠡⠳⠝⠮⠷⠗⠿⠯⠿⠽⠯⠟⠾⠯⠗⠗⠳⠝⠵⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠫⠳⠝⠚⠈⠐⠨⠐⠨⠐⠐⠨⠈⠂⠂⠂

⠐⠐⠐⠜⠼⠕⠗⠳⠝⠮⠺⠪⠞⠕⠧⠳⠕⠗⠝⠡⠐⠉⠌⠡⠙⠽⠽⠽⠽⠽⠳⠯⠟⠷⠹⠕⠯⠺⠕⠯⠳⠝⠮⠳⠡⠁⠂⠅⠢⠨⠈⠂⠡⠐⠤⠥⠲⠲⠲⠝

⠖⠽⠪⠏⠗⠵⠝⠮⠺⠪⠳⠝⠘⠅⠑⠐⠨⠠⠨⠠⠨⠐⠨⠰⠹⠺⠽⠳⠷⠽⠽⠞⠾⠰⠬⠌⠺⠪⠳⠝⠊⠁⠊⠌⠄⠅⠅⠂⠦⠲⠝⠵⠫⠫⠞⠑⠉⠅⠄

⠗⠵⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠫⠊⠐⠐⠄⠕⠐⠡⠊⠨⠤⠡⠁⠯⠳⠹⠪⠮⠯⠟⠞⠯⠯⠯⠷⠯⠫⠞⠮⠺⠑⠡⠐⠐⠄⠅⠅⠥⠳⠝⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠕⠁⠂⠂⠂⠊⠌

⠗⠗⠽⠜⠞⠘⠌⠨⠈⠢⠂⠕⠁⠢⠬⠮⠺⠜⠞⠎⠠⠠⠑⠽⠕⠯⠟⠗⠽⠾⠯⠿⠽⠯⠏⠚⠁⠐⠐⠨⠠⠁⠵⠺⠕⠗⠝⠮⠳⠹⠜⠎⠠⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠦⠱

⠠⠡⠂⠂⠂⠂⠁⠂⠁⠊⠄⠕⠮⠳⠝⠵⠳⠵⠝⠵⠪⠠⠑⠠⠈⠉⠡⠙⠊⠉⠉⠉⠄⠌⠐⠡⠐⠐⠤⠶⠟⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠓⠗⠽⠪⠡⠨⠨⠐⠠⠢⠺⠕⠯⠺

⠨⠈⠂⠂⠅⠂⠂⠅⠐⠐⠈⠩⠓⠝⠮⠳⠽⠽⠺⠯⠻⠮⠗⠧⠔⠐⠈⠄⠂⠔⠐⠨⠈⠤⠦⠶⠯⠗⠯⠿⠽⠾⠯⠯⠓⠁⠖⠵⠓⠐⠨⠠⠑⠠⠞⠮⠫⠺⠜⠮

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⠐⠠⠂⠡⠺⠜⠮⠺⠪⠯⠣⠡⠨⠔ ⠂⠂⠅⠑⠨⠐⠠⠉⠉⠋⠓⠋⠻⠽⠗⠯⠛⠙⠛⠉⠅⠡ ⠂⠌⠨⠔⠞⠿⠽⠻⠊⠄⠑⠨⠐⠜⠍⠋⠄⠑⠨⠐⠨⠐

⠐ ⠯⠺⠚⠮⠳⠝⠝⠞⠮⠆⠂⠙⠮⠻⠲⠦⠌⠨⠐⠈⠐⠄⠂⠅⠂⠅⠂⠌⠌⠐⠨⠐⠈⠌⠬⠴⠞⠯⠯⠻⠮⠻⠺⠽⠆⠡⠐⠈⠨⠠⠁⠂⠂⠂⠌⠐⠈⠐

⠔⠗⠵⠫⠞⠕⠗⠵⠫⠮⠳⠕⠎⠐⠈⠄⠫⠷⠯⠷⠻⠯⠶⠳⠲⠺⠪⠶⠖⠷⠶⠾⠿⠻⠿⠽⠳⠿⠞⠷⠻⠞⠟⠞⠾⠓⠃⠐⠁⠂⠅⠅⠂⠐ ⠦⠂⠂⠂⠌

⠯⠮⠳⠝⠮⠳⠹⠝⠮⠺⠪⠮⠋⠲⠁⠂⠂⠂⠙⠺⠽⠽⠝⠗⠗⠵⠗⠟⠞⠽⠯⠟⠯⠷⠟⠯⠷⠿⠟⠯⠿⠙⠅⠅⠐⠐⠄⠂⠂⠡⠁⠦⠲⠝⠮⠁⠌⠐⠨⠈

⠯⠳⠝⠮⠫⠺⠜⠝⠊⠐⠠⠁⠂⠌⠻⠦⠔⠐⠠⠑⠐⠈⠙⠊⠯⠷⠻⠺⠗⠿⠳⠿⠽⠞⠯⠓⠋⠍⠡ ⠂⠅⠡⠁⠂⠂⠡⠔⠖⠝⠮⠳⠕⠗⠁⠅⠂⠂⠌⠪

⠯⠺⠪⠧⠓⠁⠢⠨⠐⠐⠐⠔⠮⠣⠻⠽⠞⠷⠦⠆⠨⠐⠠⠡⠁⠂⠡⠠⠠⠠⠐ ⠢⠨⠨⠐⠠⠁⠅⠂⠅⠂⠰⠴⠖⠿⠝⠽⠜⠮⠺⠵⠹⠅⠨ ⠂⠅⠢⠈

⠯⠺⠊⠐⠐⠐⠨⠈⠤⠺⠕⠞⠊⠄⠸⠷⠽⠯⠟⠞⠽⠻⠖⠮⠤⠂⠌⠄⠑⠨ ⠂⠌⠄⠅⠂⠬⠬⠶⠾⠇⠸⠯⠳⠽⠳⠯⠮⠳⠳⠹⠊⠩⠠⠁⠂⠂⠅⠅⠂

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⠈⠌⠐⠄⠂⠱⠕⠯⠳⠹⠪⠳⠳⠐⠈⠌⠠⠉⠚⠕⠿⠻⠞⠿⠽⠾⠻⠽⠟⠾⠽⠷⠟⠿⠺⠮⠫⠗⠯⠟⠗⠙⠉⠡ ⠂⠂⠂⠅⠐⠄⠅⠂⠐ ⠂⠔⠬⠲⠳

⠈⠐⠨⠈⠰⠕⠗⠝⠵⠝⠮⠺⠪⠞⠷⠥⠁⠂⠌⠐⠠⠈⠅⠙⠛⠚⠙⠚⠙⠚⠛⠓⠛⠓⠉⠡⠁⠂⠐⠨⠈⠄⠌⠌⠐ ⠂⠂⠂⠂⠬⠔⠅⠄⠂⠄⠗⠽⠪⠳

⠂⠂⠂⠗⠽⠜⠵⠳⠕⠗⠝⠮⠫⠿⠽⠯⠷⠦⠂⠡⠐⠐⠠⠁⠂⠌⠠⠂⠡⠁⠅⠡⠁⠂⠅⠂⠐ ⠂⠅⠁⠪⠴⠴⠶⠾⠕⠧⠳⠭⠳⠅⠂⠅⠂⠗⠗⠵⠝

⠂⠂⠸⠝⠕⠯⠮⠳⠕⠯⠺⠪⠺⠽⠯⠟⠾⠝⠾⠽⠽⠯⠗⠶⠺⠮⠶⠶⠞⠾⠶⠶⠶⠶⠳⠖⠯⠯⠻⠮⠪⠷⠟⠯⠿⠽⠪⠳⠕⠗⠽⠹⠈⠐ ⠯⠺⠭⠳

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    1. Excelsior                    6. Light

    2. Catch the Breeze             7. Teddy Bear

    3. Ignited                      8. Outro

    4. Holding On                   9. Blue Waters

    5. Sunrise                     10. Godspeed

Music by Glider (Brian, Rory, Christopher, Nate)

Mixed by Rory and Glider

Mastered by Rory

Original art by Farah Mohiuddin

Ascii note layout by Brian

Originally released Feb, 13 2013

Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered ~2008 - 2013

This was the big one for me. It remains, even with its all

of its flaws, one of the things I am most proud of being a

part of. I am writing this in 2020; 12 years after we began

writing this album. It feels like an eternity ago. Rory and

I were living in a really shitty apartment on the 2nd floor

of a place in Costa Mesa, CA. Our drummer had left to pursue

other projects after our first album. We had recorded some

songs, sketches really, that eventually found their way onto

a "b-sides" collection. We put an ad up on craigslist for a

drummer and met Christopher. We got on well and he was solid

and reliable. Rory and I had been writing little pieces of

ideas for a bit and had recorded some of them. We rented a

lockout in an industrial area of Santa Ana so that we could

play whenever we wanted at whatever volume we liked. We took

a lot, but not nearly all, of our gear there and started to

try out all sorts of ideas. Eventually we went into a studio

co-run by a friend from another band. We recorded three

trakcs: Godspeed, Ignited, and Sunrise. We were not thrilled

with the way they came out.

So, we started re-recording at home in our apartment. Things

went much better. Christopher got an electronic drum kit and

we did all of the drums with it and a nice drum plugin for

the drum sounds. Songs started to come together much more

quickly. We were not playing shows with Glider at this time

at all, but we all played in other projects too. We spent a

lot of time rehearsing and recording. Kind of all of our

time not spent working shitty jobs (I delivered food and did

some part time work in an office, Rory also delivered food).

Eventually my friend Nate tracked some guitars on Sunrise

and on Godspeed. We liked them, so he started learning parts

for other songs so that we could actually play them live. We

practiced for months and eventually booked our first show

with this lineup. Nate and I both drank too much at the time

and Christopher and Rory did not drink at all. This, coupled

with some youthful attitudes caused some friction over time.

We played the show, opening for The Autumns. It was the best

live show I have ever played and I had sooooo much fun doing

it. I do not remember the set list, but I think we only

played songs from this album... maybe one or two off of the

first album. Not sure. Anyway, this new album was not out

yet when we played the show. In the weeks and months that

followed things started to degrade as differences of opinion

cropped up more and more. Rory eventually moved up north

to be with the woman who would later become his wife. Nate

stayed awhile longer and we lived together for a bit. He

eventually moved further north with the woman that became

his wife. Christopher and I kept in touch from time to time

but eventually that dropped off.

Rory and I had some beef over financial matters from both

Glider and the record label we had run for a number of years

prior. Things werent great, but we still wanted this thing

to get finished. I flew up to Santa Cruz to help finish the

mixing (this is a few years after that initial show). I did

some vocal overdubs and we mixed a good chunk of it. It

would be years before it finally saw the light of day. The

hard drive the tracks were on eventually failed and all we

had were the mixes that had been bounced out. So that is

what you hear on the finished album. The momentum we had

had with radio, music press (a favorable comparrison to

Mogwai in AP + good reviews), etc. from the first album was

gone. We sold some copies, but mostly we just faded out.

It was a crazy time, and one of my most creative, but also

self-destructive. Rory and I have since gotten back on ok

terms with each other, though we dont talk too often. Nate

and I talk a lot and if we ever end up living in the same

area would likely start a band. I have not heard from

Christopher in many years, but I hope he is doing well. I

have made a lot of music and I dont know if others would

consider this my best or not, but it is the music that

stands out to me as special. Probably because of how much

we all put into it, how much time we spent together

making it happen. It was a really special time.

For gear... we used all kinds of stuff. We used a Fernandez

strat copy, a Fender strat, a Squire Cyclone, and a Fender

Telecaster for guitars. I think the bass was an Ernie Ball

Music Man Sterling. For amps we used a Roland JC120, a

Crate combo amp, a Vox combo amp, and the bass used a head

and cabinet but went direct out from the head into a

preamp of some form... but I cannot remember what it was.

Rory would probably know. Everything went into Pro Tools

on the Mac Mini we had for our apartment studio. We used

an ebow on some of the guitars (mostly Nate's parts) and

a huge amount of effects pedals that I wont even try to

list. A big part of the sound was a BOSS RV-5 reverb and

a few delay pedals though.

My most memorable moment recording was when we were doing

the vocals for Holding On. Toward the end after everything

has built and is being released there is a part with a

bunch of screaming. It was recorded through guitar pickups.

There were no words for it, jsut sheer screaming. I started

screaming into the guitar, which was running through an amp

that had a mic on it, then jumped off the bed I was sitting

on and slammed the guitar into the floor while screaming

into it. Apparently it was so loud and blood curtling and

the thump was so intense that my neighbors rushed up from

the floor below certain that someone needed an ambulance.

They were cool about it though (they threw loud parties

and we never complained, so they didnt make a big deal of

the noise).