Song on the eve of dismissal

Originally released on Songs on the Eve of Dismissal (2017), now re-recorded for Time to Disappear, on its way to release this fall.

No longer the title track, but it still opens the story: an employee cataloguing her own loyalty like a defense brief, resume polished, avatar checked, nothing to show for years of staying put except the fact that she stayed. A trombone solo carries the argument instrumentally before the words return, sharper. [read more]

Impostor syndrome

Originally released on Songs on the Eve of Dismissal (2017), now re-recorded for Time to Disappear, on its way to release this fall.

The self-doubt track, and the quietest kind of dread on the EP: no boss, no memo, just a voice telling herself she’s a fake before anyone else gets the chance to. [read more]

Prayer to the shareholder

Originally released on Songs on the Eve of Dismissal (2017), now re-recorded for Time to Disappear, on its way to release this fall.

A full mock-liturgy set to a funk chant, bass and drums pounding out the call-and-response of a corporate congregation, trombone and alto sax rising like a chorale behind it. [read more]

Out of the box

Originally released on Songs on the Eve of Dismissal (2017), now re-recorded for Time to Disappear, on its way to release this fall.

Opens with a single trombone phrase before the singer starts pleading her case: she’s too conventional, too by-the-book, no innovator, and yet here she is, [read more]

I hate to let you go

Originally released on Songs on the Eve of Dismissal (2017), now re-recorded for Time to Disappear, on its way to release this fall.

The exit interview, dressed in the softest language the company owns. YTD, KPI, offshored to Vietnam, all delivered like a breakup line instead of [read more]