the shape of time, by Paul Edward Yu

the shape of time

by Paul Edward Yu

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Michael Yes! This is amazing! It has a modern sound but has classic elements and unique instrumentation. Quite skilled. You'd expect a bunch of radio stations to play songs like these. Definitely worth taking your time to listen to. Reminds me of Finger Eleven going experimental and progressive. Somebody knows how to make songs. Favorite track: tension.

josedenoche From a lo-fi psychedelic modulated droning garage rock to a fully synthesized shoegazing post-instrumental. This album is a wanderlust of transcendence, a beautiful array of sounds that puts your perception of time beyond logical cognition. Paul Edward Yu along with the rest of the musicians pulled together a unique abstraction in music composition. Favorite track: your third eye.

eternallightnessofshredding Asshole of a friend.. but great guitarist. 4 out of 5 plexiglass stars! Favorite track: and forming.

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1.	Opening 00:46	info	buy track
2.	your third eye 04:10	info	buy track
3.	and forming 07:04	info	buy track
4.	tension 02:56	info	buy track
5.	and resolution 02:07	info	buy track
6.	into an afterglow 02:46	info	buy track

about

In loving memory of Gabe Fonseca - a dear friend, musician extraordinaire, and drummer for this record. This release would not have been possible without him.

There’s something psychedelic about time. Humans arbitrarily calibrate it, completely disregard it, or even dwell on static moments of it. Time is deceiving.

Time has a powerful connection to music through tempo, meter and duration. Depending on how a musician manipulates these components, listeners may experience a combination of tense and resolving emotions. Musical timing is quite possibly the most crucial ingredient for luring an audience.

Music catalyses synesthesia and invokes transcendence beyond our mundane perceptions. It can take the form of malleable shapes or it can brew into a storm of colors; it might even smell. Music can even tell a story even when there’s no words, very few words, or words that lack syntax.

To boil it down, a record is simply a collection of creatively sequenced frequencies, captured from blips in time. Again, time is deceiving. This extended play is just under twenty minutes, yet hundreds of hours were spent creating it. New listeners are getting a condensed glimpse into a larger piece of "history."

There is no cryptic message embedded in this record. It is instrumental with the goal of inducing synesthesia. As the music penetrates your ears, you may start to associate it with unrelated senses, thoughts, and ideas. Your experience with this record will likely differ from the next listener’s. You come into this with your own history; your own meandering timeline. How will this nearly twenty minute experience unpack all of that baggage?

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released September 1, 2021

All songs written by Paul Edward Yu

Produced by Paul Edward Yu and Brian Charles

Recorded by Brian Charles at Zippah Studios (Boston, MA), except “Opening” recorded by Eric Gendron (Lynn, MA)

Mixed by Brian Charles (Zippah Studios)
Additional engineering by Miranda Serra

Guitars and synthesizers: Paul Edward Yu
Piano, organ, and synthesizers: Zack Showkeir
Bass guitar: Marcos Ferreiro
Drums: Gabe Fonseca
Vocal samples: Katie Solomon
Audio samples: Clockwork and Greenstar
Cover photo: Georgetown, LLC

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