Angelo De Augustine – Swim Inside The Moon (Vinyl)

Swim Inside the Moon is a record by 24-year-old Angelo De Augustine. This second full-length of Angelos career captures a sound hes been looking for since he started playing music a decade ago:

A sound behind the voice, says Angelo, who recorded all of this record in his bathtub using a reel-to-reel machine and a single Shure SM57 microphone. I noticed that when you sing off a reflective surface you hear two voices. I was compelled to isolate that voice and bring it more to the front of the songs because in many ways I feel more connected to and comforted by that voice following me.

Listeners might hear Nick Drakes intricate arpeggiated guitar parts, Elliott Smiths pure vocals, or, at times, a likeness to the soulfulness of artists such as Vashti Bunyan, Judee Sill, and Jos Gonzlez. But for Angelos part, he found this sound on his own terms. As to what these songs mean, well, thats harder to say. I couldnt tell you, says Angelo. I get into this place, and then I wake up with a song instead of a dream.

Tracklisting

1. Truly Gone
2. Haze
3. More Than You Thought To Use
4. Crazy, Stoned, and Gone
5. Fade
6. On My Way Home
7. I’ll Wait For The Others
8. Dreaming Of The Moon
9. I Hope That All Of Your Dreams Come True