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(click the link / muzak knob to listen)

My Big Breakit wouldn't so bad if it were just like this forever

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(click the blurry chapel link to listen)

Drone Sleepover ArchivesDrone Sleepover Volume 6

today’s track comes from the StretchMetal Drone Sleepover, an overnight concert I played in Chicago earlier this year. they recorded the entire evening including my entire hour twenty sleepy set of vocal loops, whispers, and keyboard plinks. one of the best gigs I’ve maybe ever played! you should totally pre-order the whole thing, it comes out december 30 and there are a couple of other sets from that night available for streaming now, too

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(click the link / skyline to listen)

My Big BreakI will lead you to the nectar

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(click the link / NYC night tree to listen)

My Big Breakan upwind conflagration

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(click the link / cutout bat to listen)

My Big Breakchange of scene, however slender

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(click the link / highway sunset to listen)

My Big Breakcollision with ursus americanus

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(click the link / mean eyed disco ball shadow to listen)

My Big Breakthis one was particularly syrupy

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(click the link / aurora to listen)

My Big Breakthe screens of phones held to heaven

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(click the link / fogged out dance floor to listen)

My Big Breakheaven's hazer, god's laser

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(click the link / sun streaming through the trees to listen)

My Big Breaka surreal hour of normalcy

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(click the link / preposterous contraption to listen)

My Big Breakgasps of backlit dust

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still off rhythm here at MBBHQ - I have no new writing and no new track to offer you, but I did want to let you know about a very sick show happening tonight in Kingston, NY - at Tubby’s, me, Nico, and John will be playing ALLORA again - now one month old! - opening for JRCG whose recent SubPop album is really good. Here’s a ticket link and here’s a flyer:

I’ve got a couple of great shows next week, too, including Wednesday at the Avalon with one of my favorite ever bands Scree and Maine sweethearts Wildflower. And then - it isn’t technically announced yet - but it looks like we’ll be playing at Rippers in the Rockaways next weekend. More info on all that next week ;)

ciao bella -

just a quick note to let you know that these preposterous ALLORA t-shirts are now available for purchase on Bandcamp:

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no new music for you today, but I did do some writing (and you can still check out the album)

there’s a remaining handful of ALLORA release events happening this weekend, including this big show at Union Pool on Saturday:

buongiorno ~

just a quick note to say that finally - five years to the day we left the studio in Montebelluna - ALLORA is out now:

Ben SeretanAllora

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my first LP in FIVE YEARS comes out on Friday - it’s called ALLORA.

to both celebrate and prepare, we organized a lil online Bandcamp listening party for this evening at 7pm EST - we’ll gather in the chat, listen to the whole album through a couple of days early, and I’ll be taking any questions you might have about how these chaotic 34 minutes came to be - - lobby opens at 6:30pm I believe and then music at 7pm!

you can RSVP here:

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changing it up slightly today - still giving you something to listen to, but this time it’s other people’s music. finally updated my long dormant “vibes of late” playlist - - I also updated the now 6+ hour “shaking air” playlist - - check ‘em out below

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just writing to share a ~new song~ and a really great interview about the new record, everything, and all the everything that’s crammed into the new record - - enjoy “Climb the Ladder” - the third and final single from ALLORA and this chat between me and Ian Cohen (who reviewed Youth Pastoral for Pitchfork in 2020):

Ben Seretan Interview: 'Allora,' 'Youth Pastoral,' Italy, Leaving The Church, & More

Hear new single "Climb The Ladder" and read our interview about 'Allora,' the New York artist's "insane Italy record."

“Climb the Ladder” is available on Bandcamp (as are digital / vinyl pre-orders):

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(click the link / rave trees to listen)

My Big Breakveiled in the cheesecloth of exhaustion

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(click the link / church sign to listen)

My Big Breakstatues of goblins and gargoyles