Metacognition, by Candy For Trees

Metacognition

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1.	Cross The Road 06:23	buy track
2.	Mercenary 03:25	buy track
3.	Beauty & A Genius 05:48	buy track
4.	Desperation Verses 05:10	buy track
5.	Too Much (Is Almost Enough) 04:56	buy track
6.	Metacognition 04:48	buy track
7.	Hydrangea 03:51	buy track
8.	The Oracle 04:48	buy track
9.	In Gold 03:46	buy track
10.	Baby Dark Eyes 03:55	buy track

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Metacognition is the process of thinking about thinking. I feel like this sums up the past two years and this record pretty well. I got the shit kicked out of me more times than I can count, moved cross country twice, learned how to be alone with my thoughts, and am learning how to be loved, slowly but surely.

I've spent a long time during this hiatus thinking about what I wanted my next album to say and to sound like, and I had offers from two incredibly talented producers to produce my next record. After hearing the album Didn't It Rain by the Midwest great(s) Songs: Ohia and talking with a friend who encouraged me, however, I made up my mind. I recorded this album on my bathroom floor with a tenor ukulele my ex got me and ambient winter sounds to accompany me. The result is Metacognition as you hear it here: simultaneously skeletal, spare, dramatic, passionate, lonely, and hollow.

I refer to Jason Molina, the late, great man behind Songs: Ohia, in the first song on Metacognition, "Cross The Road". In a lot of ways, the opening lines sum up where and how I've been:

"I heard the night you left us/You cashed out in Indianapolis/with nothing but a cell phone in your pocket/I've been that haunted before/been that scared of failure before/how did I survive while you did not?"

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released January 26, 2023

To my partners and to my chosen family.

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Candy For Trees Milwaukee, Wisconsin

When Ashley Halliwell heard someone say "rain is like candy for trees", their mind never let it go.

Upon moving to Alaska from Texas, they began to compose their own musical scores, which would later become the Candy for Trees catalog. In 2019, they moved their work from previous names to the CFT Bandcamp. ... more

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