Catalog number: LTD039
Release date: November 18, 2022
Format: Cassette
Edition size: 75
As part of our autumn 2022 batch, Lily Tapes & Discs is pleased to present a new solo offering from Michael Cormier-O’Leary, songwriter and guitarist of Hour, whose 2018 album Anemone Red returns to consistent rotation each autumn here at Lily Tapes HQ, still revealing more of its secrets at every turn. In contrast to Anemone Red’s stories told through carefully mapped intricacies and delicate arrangements, Heard From the Next Room is a diaristic collection of spontaneous composition for solo piano, recorded one blustery day in early 2022. Within, Cormier-O’Leary’s tendency toward considered restraint gives way to the unshielded joy of exploration and discovery. Framed as a surreptitious capture of a personal exercise, Heard From the Next Room is a reflection on the moments that bring us closer in spirit when we’re already nearby. An intimate depiction of the joys of sharing personal moments with loved ones, gently, inadvertently, through the walls, day by day, as we settle in and lower our guards.
Music by Michael Cormier-O’Leary.
Artwork and layout by Francis Lyons.
Mastered by M Deetz.