Loss & Relax b/w Half Colored Hair, by Black Belt Eagle Scout

Loss & Relax b/w Half Colored Hair

by Black Belt Eagle Scout

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sundayxghost amazing, ambient, cathartic. KP never misses.

Henrik Sundqvist Katherine Paul's gorgeous voice and lush melodies make me shiver down to my bones, so beautiful!

leftsneaky Classic full-steam shredding from KP. Yessss!

Nathan Baker "Loss & Relax" is so amazing. Quintessential Cascadia in musical form. I can't stop listening to it.

nrgraff This 7" is so compelling and sincere in its exploration of grief. I sometimes turn to this record when I am feeling grief and it helps so much to hear these songs.

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1.	Loss & Relax 04:34	lyrics	buy track
Oh, the loss of you Brings me to A place that I call home Oh, the loss of you Brings me to A place that was our home Bring me back Bring me back Bring me back Bring me back Oh, the loss of you Brings me to A place where ferries roam Oh, the loss of you Brings me to A place that was my home Bring me back Bring me back Bring me back Bring me back Just relax Just relax Just relax Just relax
2.	Half Colored Hair 04:44	lyrics	buy track
How you look at me In the brightness of your room Imagine The lightness of my fingers on your face Run through your hair Across your neck Light breaks across your room I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much How you look at me In the brightness of your room Imagine What it’s like to wake up every day Here in the bay A time untouched Light breaks across your room I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But in the light I never knew I’d like half colored hair so much But I knew I’d like you I knew I’d like you I knew I’d like you So I didn’t care Cos I care for you

about

Katherine Paul is Black Belt Eagle Scout. In 2018 her debut album Mother of My Children caught the attention of many as one of the year’s best albums, with Pitchfork observing the album as being “particularly elegant in the way it demonstrates how grief and love share space when something precious is taken from you, how the distinction between those emotions can blur,” and Vulture called KP “a powerful new voice.” Now, Black Belt Eagle Scout return with two new tracks on the Loss & Relax b/w Half Colored Hair 7-inch.

“Loss & Relax” was first written following the recording Mother of My Children in 2017. As KP tells it, “I was full of emotion and also pride while recording in Anacortes (where MOMC was recorded) that I felt like there was something still there. I wrote the initial guitar line on this pull-out bed I was sleeping on in my parents living room while recording up there. I could have recorded it for MOMC but I felt like it would have been rushed and there was so much more to explore within the song.”

It momentarily fell to the back burner, but soon began to take its current form over the course of playing it live in KP’s hometown of Portland and on tour in support of MOMC. Members of KP’s band have previously included the likes of Haley Heynderickx, Amelia Ley, and Nsayi Matingou, and all have contributed to the song’s evolution, which has continued to grow with each new lineup.

Informed by the experience of traveling home, the song is an ode to KP’s ancestors, past, present and future. “As I was writing the guitar line, I kept seeing the water of the Salish Sea and the local ferries drifting people in and out of place. Ferries are such a beautiful part of my childhood and served as a major form of transportation. Thinking about my home and how canoes have turned into ferries is a sad but also beautiful thought. Nowadays with Canoe Journeys, canoes are alongside ferries, roaming our waters to lands, sharing customs and culture. That is what I think about now, when I listen to the fully recorded version of the song. I see a strong and fierce community of my people, continuing to thrive in whatever comes our way. That is how I feel about myself, a survivor and thriver of this land, a water protector, a womxn, the future.”

Somewhat more ambiguous, the record’s B-side, “Half Colored Hair”, explores the preciousness of moments we share with others and how the simplest thing can impact our own emotions and feeling towards one another. It is a love song, meant to be shared among lovers.

Together, the two songs display the next-step in what Black Belt Eagle Scout first instigated last year on MOMC, while also providing an intriguing glimpse into what we have to look forward to in the years to come.

credits

released April 26, 2019

2019 Saddle Creek

KP is Black Belt Eagle Scout. Swinomish Stinta painting by Camas Logue. Photo by Eleanor Petry. These songs were recorded, mixed and mastered on ancestral Chinook land by Benjamin Weikel and Brandon Summers at Helio Sound. KP sings and plays all the instruments including guitar, bass, drums, omnichord and various keyboards and percussion. Thank you to Nsayi Matingou for writing the guitar solo at the end of Loss & Relax. All other parts written and produced by KP. Asium & Quyana to my love, my family, my friends, my label and all the indigenous folks who come out to my shows and show love and support.

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Black Belt Eagle Scout Portland, Oregon

shows

Mar 31

Soreng Theater

Eugene, OR
Apr 01

Lucky You Lounge

Spokane, WA
Apr 02

Neurolux Lounge

Boise, ID
Apr 03

The DLC (Quarters Arcade Bar)

Salt Lake City, UT
Apr 04

Larimer Lounge

Denver, CO
Apr 06

Mission Creek Festival

Iowa City, IA
Apr 07

Cedar Cultural Center

Minneapolis, MN
Apr 08

Subterranean

Chicago, IL
Apr 11

Horseshoe Tavern

Toronto, ON
Apr 12

Bar le Ritz PDB

Montreal, QC
Apr 14

Elks Lodge

Boston, MA
Apr 15

Baby's All Right - Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY
Apr 17

Johnny Brenda's

Philadelphia, PA
Apr 18

Songbyrd

Washington, DC
Apr 19

The Pinhook

Durham, NC
Apr 20

Snug Harbor

Charlotte, NC
Apr 21

529 Bar

Atlanta, GA
Apr 22

Gasa Gasa

New Orleans, LA
Apr 24

Paper Tiger

San Antonio, TX
Apr 25

Parish

Austin, TX
Apr 28

Sister

Albuquerque, NM
May 01

The Underground / Nile Theater

Mesa, AZ
May 02

Casbah

San Diego, CA
May 04

The Echo

Los Angeles (LA), CA
May 05

Strummer's

Fresno, CA
May 06

Rickshaw Stop

San Francisco, CA
May 08

Alma Mater

Tacoma, WA
Jul 21

Union Park

Chicago, IL

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