Long Canyon by Ben Huff and Emily Bark Brown
All songs, with the exception of track 17, were recorded outside, with a Zoom H5 and an Audio-Technica clip on mic.
Wind sound was deliberately untampered with, as it influenced the performance.
All songs completely improvised, and recorded in one take.
All poems by Emily Bark Brown
A note from Emily
“Weeds” was originally published as one piece in pet fish
“Less Money More Money The Most Money” was originally published in blush
“Mistakes” was originally published in Oversound
All poems except “Blur Blur Blur” are forthcoming in my chapbook, The Tulips, out in August 2024 from Bullshit Lit. The Tulips is about love and loss and Western Massachusetts.
“Blur Blur Blur” was written in response to the music of “blirblirblir”
Emily Bark Brown is a poet from Mobile, Alabama and Brooklyn, New York. They co-edit Hot Pink, an online poetry magazine, and co-host multiple reading series in New York. They received their MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. You can read more about them at emilybarkbrown.com
Tracklist
| 1. | blirblirblir | 8:17 |
| 2. | {-=-=-} | 3:50 |
| 3. | Weeds | 1:10 |
| 4. | TEST 2 | 3:09 |
| 5. | Mistakes | 0:21 |
| 6. | donkeye dreem | 3:18 |
| 7. | Weeds | 0:57 |
| 8. | the produce aisle is giving me the evil eye | 2:42 |
| 9. | Less Money More Money the Most Money | 0:56 |
| 10. | nnn | 4:20 |
| 11. | octone | 5:15 |
| 12. | Weeds | 1:21 |
| 13. | pedalmed | 2:36 |
| 14. | "Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall" | 1:00 |
| 15. | plchldr | 3:53 |
| 16. | I Wanted to be Better | 0:34 |
| 17. | Pickleball Meditation | 5:36 |
| 18. | You Say Bad Girls Can Get It | 0:40 |
| 19. | shrimp are only good sometimes | 5:34 |
| 20. | pterodactyl | 3:15 |
| 21. | Weeds | 1:21 |
| 22. | TEST 1 | 3:51 |
Credits
Emily Bark Brown - Words and Recitation
emilybarkbrown.com
Kaoru Toyokawa - Cover Art
Ben Huff - Music
