Family Piano EP
lo-fi, singer-songwriter
@kyle_acheson been listening to "Family Piano" 3 or 4 times over the past couple days. It's such a lovely, welcome, hopeful, instantly familiar set of songs and so I find it easy to return to while driving, doing chores, or while my highschool students do their work.
— Caleb van der Leek (@calebsfuneral) March 31, 2021
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Recorded in Cincinnati at the family upright in the dining room, September 2020.
I had the idea to make this record because I liked how the piano sounded and we were all stuck inside anyway. Thing is, the dining room was not equipped for making a record, it's just a normal dining room. So I transformed the room into a studio, wrapping the piano in blankets and stuffing pillows into corners to get a good tone for recording.
But even with the room prepared, the house did not stop on my account. Fragments of conversations and traces of the environment are peppered throughout in a fun way. Vocals and piano were tracked simultaneously, so the vibe is warm and musical and nostalgic. Like my family, it’s sweet and a little weird.
I have so much gratitude for all the people who helped make this album possible.
released March 30, 2021
Mixing/mastering by Nicholas Erickson
Album art by Evan Erpenbeck
Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Katie, Evan, Ann, Mel, Cristina Cano, Mel & Peter, Stephen, Sarah and my Thistles.
