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a patch of permanently green astroturf

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(click the link / Echo Park to listen)

My Big Breaka patch of permanently green astroturf
palm trees soar above a park lake in Los Angeles
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#256
June 5, 2025
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a sound of sweetness with no equal

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(click the link / bad photo of a hummingbird to listen)

My Big Breaka sound of sweetness with no equal
a not-very-good photo of a hummingbird in front of a bunch of nasturtiums by the beach
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#255
May 29, 2025
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passing the collection plate

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My Big Breakpassing the collection plate
the unseasonably chilly shore of Quincy, MA the other day
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#254
May 22, 2025
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a shard of the creator's aura

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My Big Breaka shard of the creator's aura
a very fresh plant start clings to life in a pile of dirt held by a sheet of styrofoam on a gravel driveway
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#253
May 15, 2025
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go with momentum: interview with Kinlaw

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My Big Breakgo with momentum
a psychedelic light show towers above the heads of the ravers at a party in Montreal
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#252
May 8, 2025
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👍 vibes of late may '25 👍

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bringing you another fat stack of hot tracks today via my Vibes of Late playlist

before we get to that, though, just wanted to mention that I’ll be playing a bunch of shows in the Northeast and at least one in LA this month - - check the tour flyer:

a colorful flyer announcing all the various gigs that Ben Seretan is playing in May: saturday may 10 // jerry’s // philadelphia, pa thursday may 15 // captain cook’s seafood // oneonta, ny friday may 16 // stone circle theatre // ridgewood, queens sunday may 17 // autumn records // burlington, ny monday may 19 // avalon lounge // catskill, ny tuesday may 20 // lost bag // providence, ri wednesday may 21 // o’briens // boston, ma wednesday may 28 // solarc // los angeles, CA
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#251
May 1, 2025
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always the getting grimiest

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(click the link / neighbor’s cat departing to listen)

My Big Breakalways the getting grimiest
two figures walk up a long driveway - one human, one feline
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#250
April 24, 2025
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nude in the fluorescent light

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(click the link / Montreal church to listen)

My Big Breaknude in the fluorescent light
a figure atop an old church reaches to a beautiful blue sky with a halo of stars
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#249
April 17, 2025
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Youth Pastoral Deluxe

hey all -

just a quick note to let you know that the Deluxe edition of my record Youth Pastoral is out today on Tiny Engines

“God is a wild dog running in its sleep”

The deluxe edition brings us a new LP pressing, meaning copies are available for the first time since 2020! We’ve also got a new vinyl master, a bunch of outtakes and b-sides up on streaming, and dazzling, brand new layout and artwork by Alex Tatusian.

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#248
April 11, 2025
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I just wanted these beautiful beasts to run free

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(click the link / monster trucks to listen)

My Big BreakI just wanted these beautiful beasts to run free
monster trucks gather...ominously? before a Monster Jam at MVP Arena
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#247
April 10, 2025
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a dusty songbook that you could pull out of a piano bench - interview with Alex Daud

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My Big Breaka dusty songbook that you could pull out of a piano bench
a waterpark is being constructed in the distance across an expanse of empty southern California parking lot
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#246
April 3, 2025
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triple beam coelostat

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My Big Breaktriple beam coelostat
across a domed ceiling in California an art deco era illustration of the zodiac and a pantheon of gods surround a hole from which a dangling pendulum swings
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#245
March 27, 2025
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at some point in my life I need to try something like this

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My Big Breakat some point in my life I need to try something like this
a preposterous amount of oranges and lemons lay drying on a beach towel, someone's orange socks are in the frame to the left
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#244
March 20, 2025
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loved it even more for its yoking

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(click the Climax view / link to listen)

My Big Breakloved it even more for its yoking
on the first day that felt like spring in the Hudson Valley two road signs wobble in the breeze overlooking a beautiful if quite parched view of the valley
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#243
March 13, 2025
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become large and unruly

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My Big Breakbecome large and unruly
a beautiful gray cat suns itself on a quaint little back patio
photo by Michael Cormier-O’Leary
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#242
March 6, 2025
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saplings (Youth Pastoral Deluxe)

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a single line drawing of Ben Seretan's face on the day that Youth Pastoral came out in 2020
a drawing from 2020 by Caitlin Watkins

Tomorrow will mark FIVE YEARS since the release of Youth Pastoral, an album of songs I put out about breaking, breaking up, and breaking up with God. It was the second to last day of a leap year February and within a week the entire world was about to change. But we didn’t know that at the time, so we all crammed into an over-capacity Union Pool and sang and cried within many overlapping six foot circles, the last big gig many of us went to that year.

a group of people smiles and waves on a jewelbox stage above a big crowd gathered in the dark
a shot from the Union Pool release show
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#241
February 27, 2025
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vibes of late & shaking air feb '25

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today I’m starting the first of what I hope are many experimentations with the regular format of this email project - - I truly love sending you new music and writing every week, but lately I’ve been feeling a really strong gravitational pull out of my own head and perspective. asking you my barrage of questions at the end of these emails isn’t enough - I want to spend more dedicated time focusing on other people’s work, I wanna zoom out.

with that in mind, I’m reviving my on-again off-again public playlist habit and dedicating this edition of MBB to broadening our efforts in collective listening

sharing two playlists with you here ~ ~

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#240
February 20, 2025
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will to go without

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My Big Breakwill to go without
ice cracks and lumps geometrically on a semi-frozen Hudson River
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#239
February 13, 2025
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"astral projecting into flavortown" out now

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today we’re very happy to release “astral projecting into flavortown,” a new compilation of the best tracks from this newsletter’s 2024 run. it’s up now on all the streamers and also for sale on Bandcamp, thanks to Sound as Language.

the resulting album is typically reflective and serene with vast expanses of calm, little pillows of piano and digital choirs on which you can rest the ring of your mind. but there are also a surprising number of drums and one notable techno-adjacent ripper, each track a pinhole portal into its own little hopeful world.

here’s a link:

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#238
February 7, 2025
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steam rose from the graspers

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(click the link / oranges to listen)

My Big Breaksteam rose from the graspers
an orange tree growing beautiful orbs of fruit in front of a church in Braga, Portugal - they are eerily lit by an uplight against a dark night sky
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#236
February 6, 2025
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