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Vivid Fever Dreams

Looking Back

Why Did U Go?

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Night Works

Lachrymose

The water

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LxrdOx

Connect the Dots

Museum

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TRACE

Away

Away (narrative)

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TYTHE

Seek

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Submarine Joe

Italiano

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Richard Greenan

To Sea is to Be

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Blackheart Honeymoon

Erskine Proxy

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Aaron Horn, Alex Preager, A Theory

NPiano, a Theory Of

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Forrest Mortifee

Dragons

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Rae Isla

Another Life (original demo)

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Nothankyou

Know Yourself

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Tomas Jefanovas

Green is My Favourite Colour

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Dutchyyy

A.O.L. Chat Rooms

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Seek / Rope

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Rope

After writing the Pop Albums 'No Thrills' and 'The Gleaners' under the name 'Amateur Best' I (Joe Flory) wanted to do something different. The Blue Diamond is an album where I allowed myself to enjoy just the 'music' part of writing, deliberately limiting myself to a sampler, a drum machine and a synth. I collected these beats and moments and ideas for the best part of 3 years before putting them all together to form this unique and beautiful diamond.

There is only one physical copy of the album in the world, on cassette tape - one unique blue diamond. I will send this cassette along with the framed original album artwork to the first person who collects the entire album.

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The Blue Diamond

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Sixty Seven

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French Blue

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No Way

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Finders Keepers

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Dryneck

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No Lone Zone

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Magnatron

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Clarity

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Breaker

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Lock In

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Sailors Say Goodbye

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Coasty

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Goodnight Mush

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Superb Crafty Garden

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Harbour Arms

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Bellows of the Earth

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Sad Brasstard

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Bronze Pears

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How to Draw Roger

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Mountains Speak

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Bodies

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Can't & Won't

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Wishing & Hoping

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Yesterday (In Loving Memory)

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Love it All

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Rapid Mutation

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Particles

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We All Must Sometimes Stand Naked

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Don't Look At Me

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Mountains Speak (Reprise)

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A Theory of EP

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Every Moment, a Theory Of

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Six Compact Dimensions, a Theory Of

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Momentum Flipped, a Theory Of

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Tongue & Groove

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The divine right of kings

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3 kisses

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Diskoball

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Warm feeling

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Brunch 4 U

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Good love

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What makes you think you can do it?

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Sweep it out your hair

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A friend indeed

Imagine driving down a long highway. The sun is in its last hours, placing light onto the land, reaching pockets and folds of earth. It feels good to be on the move, accelerating down a path, a promise. You are meditatively engaged with your momentum. Ahead lay the great ocean of truth, behind the known, the benign. On either side of you are great painted rocks placed atop a bed of earth and clay. You take your eyes off the road from time to time to look and contemplate the land, your life, your journey thus far. Your eyes glimmer briefly, wistfully your heart swells with a memory. The sadness you've experienced is as much a comfort as the joy. Looking out and all around, you know this land was built in much the same way as you - through time, turmoil, and triumph. You look ahead with the determination of a child, trepidation dissolved, and tenderness its replacement. You look ahead to another life.

Thank you endlessly to my family, my dear friends, fans who came to all the RI shows to hear these songs before they were recorded, lifelong thanks to Susan Carr, Bob Nelson, and Ani Johnson, and the musicians whose magic touched this project - Garrett Eaton, Jake Backer, Will Hutchinson, Sean Smith, Ronnie DiSimone, Jake Robert Beal, Tiger Darrow, Jaedon Avila, and all those whose Love has touched me.

yours,
Rae

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credits
released May 7, 2021

All songs written by: Rae Isla, except "American Paradise" and "Ceremony" co-written with Sean Smith.

Produced by: Rae Isla, Garrett Eaton
"Not at All" produced by: Bird Language
Engineered by: Garrett Eaton
Mixed by: Ronnie DiSimone
Mastered by: Dan Millice
Photography by: René Baptista
Album Design by: Rae Isla
Drums by: Jake Robert Beal
Saxophone on "Lovely Lies" by: Jaedon Avila
Cello on "Ceremony" by: Tiger Darrow
All other instruments: Garrett Eaton, Rae Isla

Created between Brooklyn, Seattle, and Mexico City

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Another Life