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Faster or Greener than Now

by Julie Byrne

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1.
Holiday 02:47
We met on New Years Eve in New York City How cold it had been then and soon it will be again We could've lived together and given up our dreams of wandering We could've left together and given up our dreams of the home we could keep You may travel alone and still be accompanied by my love We parted by my birthday and without you here I am a different age How bright I had been then and fear it may not ever show again Continue to live alone and speak not your thoughts of land or holiday I will leave again and make all new plans to fill the space that you left And now I do travel alone and yours is not a number I can call on the phone
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Marmalade 04:35
All I want is brick house with a porch that wraps around All I want is land enough for my children to run In the highest pitch of grace, the end of trial and gratitude It was for you that all others I did forsake For you all other I would forsake How could it have been so often that we did speak of purpose and having Dreamt his body with his back to the lake, certain depths I cannot place Walk and talk fine through all of the days, still I miss the words you'd say Past the point now of trusting it to change I just learn to live around it Still I will sleep too long or I will hardly sleep at all So from where does energy come Meet me by the fire door, of happiness I don't ask more She is who I cut root vegetables beside, with you still in my mind It is with them that we spend our nights, laughter that tides through the rest But I liked it best when the morning had not left And wake was not yet in your eyes High high high low low low I would have seen you through both Sunshine Marmalade

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Orindal Records is proud to present the first vinyl release by Chicago singer/songwriter/guitarist Julie Byrne.

The first time we heard Julie’s debut cassette, You Would Love It Here, It's The Perfect Place For You (Solid Melts), we immediately fell in love with her gentle, understated folk songs. Accompanying herself on a fingerpicked acoustic guitar, Julie sings about memory, hope, and coping with loss. There is restraint and measure in her singing and playing, and both ache with the same fragile beauty.

The two songs on this brief EP tell a complete story; "Holiday" recalls a New Year's Eve in New York City, future plans made, and the fall-out of a fleeting romance, while the b-side, "Marmalade," carries a dimming torch into the future, through changing seasons, bringing peace and closure to uneasy memories.

Faster or Greener than Now was recorded live to tape on an April afternoon by Owen Ashworth. Vintage echo and spring reverb effects were added to color Julie's performances, lending a haunted atmosphere to these raw and intimate recordings.

The title of this record was taken from a Frank O'Hara poem.

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released December 4, 2012

Songs, vocals & guitar by Julie Byrne

Recorded by Owen Ashworth at Advance Base, Chicago, IL
April 13, 2012

The vinyl edition of Faster or Greener than Now was limited to 300 colored vinyl copies in foldover covers, Risograph printed on recycled paper by Issue Press in Grand Rapids, MI.

Cover art by Thea Kegler.

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