{"product_id":"brijean-feelings-lp","title":"Brijean Feelings [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease date: 26th February 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormats: LP \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLabel: Ghostly International\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue Number: GI378LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: LP: 804297837819 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: indie-folk\/indie-rock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Do you feel what I feel too?” Brijean Murphy floats the question at the start of Feelings, the full-length Ghostly International debut from Brijean, her collaborative project with Doug Stuart. Guided by a lush mix of char- ismatic keyboard chords, grooving bass lines, and radiant bongo-driven rhythms, the “Day Dreaming” lyric doubles as an invitation and a state- ment of intention. Brijean want you to move, physically, mentally, dimensionally; this is dance music for the mind, body, and soul. With Feelings, they’ve manifested a gentle collective space for respite, for self-reflection, for self-care, for uninhibited imagination and new possibilities. The album cultivates a specific vibe, a softness Murphy has come to call “romancing the psyche.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrowing up in a family immersed in jazz, Latin and soul music, Murphy would become an accomplished DJ, session and live player in Oakland’s diverse music scene and one of indie’s most in-demand percussionists (Poolside, Toro Y Moi, U.S. Girls). In 2018, she began recording songs with multi-instrumentalist and producer Doug Stuart, who shares a background in jazz and pop in bands such as Bells Atlas, Meernaa, and Luke Temple. Following their first sessions, which resulted in the mini-album Walkie Talkie (released in 2019 on Native Cat Recordings), the duo continued freeform hangs in Oakland, inviting friends Chaz Bear, Tony Peppers, and Hamir Atwal. “We improvised on different feels for hours,” says Murphy. “Nothing quite developed at first but we had seeds. We re-opened the sessions a couple months later, after returning from tours, and spent a month developing the songs in a little 400 square foot cottage.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAforementioned album opener “Day Dreaming” is a dynamic celebra- tion of newness: the excitement in finding deeper understandings of yourself as you get to know someone, something, or somewhere new. “Wifi Beach” drops a pin in pure psych-pop exotica. With Atwal on drums, Stuart on bass, Peppers on keys, and Bear engineering, the group impro- vised the track’s intro sequence based on the vision of a lavish 1970s pool party. Establishing the scene is a mid-frequency drum kit disco shuffle augmented by tight congas and timbale effect, as Murphy sings in spurts: “I want to be \/ Deep in love \/ I want to be \/ Say you love me too \/ I want to be \/ Honey.” The stanzas cut between “reflective moments of wants and being overwhelmed by feelings of the present,” she explains. “A lot of the ‘love songs’ I write are to my psyche, self-reflections on how to encourage tender perspectives and make more time for the sweet stuff.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough there is a loose, dance-oriented motif throughout, the material gives way to somnolent turns. On “Ocean,” Brijean’s anodyne lyrics, remi- niscent of Astrud Gilberto’s airy croon, float atop a brushed drum pattern, sparkling rhodes lines, and pittering and softly funky woodblock bops. The opening line sets up the rest, “In this gentle space we lay” — among the album’s propensity for movement, tracks like “Ocean” stand out by leaning back for momentary sways of blissful introspection. Murphy calls the charming “Hey Boy” a “psychedelic guide — the exploration of finding what feels good — through sorrow, anxiety, apathy.” This mentality ap- plies to Feelings on the whole: in these nebulous and verdant worlds of hazy melodies, feathery hooks, and percussive details, the songs simply want us to feel alive. They radiate in wonderful abandon and with a sense of devotion to the self.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Debut full length\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Follow-up to mini-LP Walkie Talkie (2019)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Features contributions from Chaz Bear (Toro Y Moi), Tony Peppers, Hamir Atwal\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Previous tours with U.S. Girls, Poolside, Toro Y Moi\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Limited edition lava lamp vinyl (blue + pink swirl)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• RIYL: Stereolab, Astrud Gilberto, Little Dragon, Poolside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e01. Day Dreaming\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e02. Softened Thoughts\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e03. Pepe\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e04. Wifi Beach\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e05. Feelings\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e06. Ocean\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e07. Paradise\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e08. Lathered in Gold\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e09. Chester\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Hey Boy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. 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