“Looking up from underneath, there is a watery peace. A settling as the light sifts downward, refracting the sights above, now wavering into pieces of the world as it was. An accordion of a sigh releasing its weight forever. Little snow globes of living. A tin soldier army marches towards us from an unknown distance. Someday their armory will glint in the sun upon the hill, but it is not today. And the expanse is staged. Hands arbitrarily moving about in space. To grasp, to reach for atoms nodding, agreeing to be solidity. To suspend the vibration of being. A nostalgia just out of reach. Wrapped with blankets in the other room, salt lamp glowing, a little less red. To think we could ever look back on these times with such favor. A kindness, bending nearer.

Sounds from around the corner, down the hall, carpeted footfall. Metallic clicks and bits of connecting cables snapping, bins bustle in and out of the closet. If only people could really see what it is to make music. The knit of cords, the yellowed overhead lighting, the hunching, and matted headphones hair. Sometimes there is alone, sometimes there is together. Always going, and there you go. Calling out and finding completeness in the forever calling.” — LMW

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Visitation was written, arranged, recorded, and produced by Eric Angelo Bessel. All songs mixed by Jason Powers in Portland, Oregon. Visitation was mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering in Chicago, Illinois. Photography, design, and layout by Eric Angelo Bessel. Visitation released April 21 2023 by Lore City Music.

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