Shabason, Krgovich & Harris

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Contrasting the forced trend of remote collaborations, Philadelphia was recorded across three days of sessions in Toronto, pre-COVID. “Somewhere back in 2018 we started to pass demos back and forth over email and we quickly got about eight song sketches together,” explains Shabason. “Then in fall of 2019 we all realised that if we didn’t get into the same room together we were never gonna finish this album.” The trio’s physical proximity while recording underwrites the hushed tones that pervade the album, which itself reads like the kind of quiet, personal conversation that can only happen in close quarters lest it be washed away in the din of public life. Philadelphia establishes this immediately with “Osouji”, a track whose gentle intro of balmy synth and crickets suggests a sunrise and sunset equally. Bathed in calm light, Krgovich sets a scene not unfamiliar in this day and age: “Garden pebbles underfoot / the wet bamboo / been inside all the day / deep cleaning room to room.” Krgovich wrote the album’s lyrics under the self-imposed philosophy of “first thought, best thought” admittedly avoiding the well-trodden subjects of romance, love, and heartbreak. He chooses instead to reveal the romanticism of the world hidden in plain sight while Harris and Shabason deepen the sentiment with reflective, instrumental excursions. Whispered, conversational synthesizers fill out “Tuesday Afternoon” over a backdrop of birdsong, and vocals make only brief appearances near the track’s b

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Florence

Friday Afternoon

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The flowers in my parent's yard

Philadelphia (feat. Joseph Shabason, Chris Harris & Nicholas Krgovich)

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I Don't See The Moon (Radio Edit)

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Osouji

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Walking by a woman

Friday Afternoon - Single

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The Fellowship

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Osouji (feat. Joseph Shabason, Chris Harris, Nicholas Krgovich & Bram Gielen) - Single

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The flowers in my parent's yard (feat. Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, Chris Harris & Marker Starling) - Single

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