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World Behind Your Head

by Rain Gregorio

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    Included upon release with each pre-order are bonus demo versions of each song, and a PDF booklet containing: a letter handwritten by yours truly, photos taken by Ron Yamasaki, and scans of acrylic paintings commissioned by painter Daryl Dingman.
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    100% of the profits for WBYH cassette’s will be donated to the NAPAWF (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum). Please visit www.napawf.org for more information.

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1.
Alone 03:03
i need to learn how to be alone you keep on opening a door that’s closed who am i to tell you how we’re gonna make this work i keep on picturing the ways it’s gonna hurt (can we make it work?) there’s a moon in the water and it’s telling me to jump right in “you don’t wanna be alone boy, you have to be alone”
2.
baby I’m callin out to you i need your squeeze and i need your belly too i bumble into your honey you melt onto my tongue i’m yearning for the answer that I’m the only one do it if it feels right but don’t if it doesn’t nothing’s gonna hurt me i’ll roll with the punches
3.
Yellow Yuzu 03:01
yellow yuzu punch me till i bleed i won’t beg so make it sting yellow yuzu feed my hungry heart lying naked on your floor pick me apart i sang what i thought was your favorite tune by your window yesterday i toast my glass to the golden rocks warming your memory a sip of old salt stuck to the rim oh god I’ve done it again i miss the touch of a forgotten guest knowing well they are gone
4.
Overfelt 02:07
how long can i spend counting pebbles at my feet always shaking from distractions in the wing just drop me in the water and watch my ripples spread i just want to feel alive
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6.
last night i slept in a bed i used to share with a friend from long ago in the morning i pretend to have plans so i can spend my Saturday alone if you love something give it a name, compliments and a hand to hold your skin’s cleared up you seem so happy living in the ghost of our old home i sat still as you fucked me like you wanted but you didn’t meet my eyes you still seem haunted by the way our star exploded into dust and you can’t teach someone how to love

about

World Behind Your Head is the debut studio EP by Mount Rainier, the moniker of LA-based singer/songwriter Rain Gregorio. In just under fifteen minutes, this record wistfully explores love, addiction, and existential longing across six kaleidoscopic songs, purposely arranged to flow as one continuous track.

Initially conceived and recorded in two weeks with phone-recorded guitars over lo-fi drum loops, WBYH derives as much influence from the ambient stylings of Bill Callahan and Swedish dream-pop outfit, The Radio Dept., as it does Belgian expressionist painter James Ensor, distilling atmospheric splendor from abstraction. After the initial work was completed, Gregorio brought the songs to longtime friend, drummer and producer Tom Kendall. The pair quickly got to work, exchanging home-recorded tracks over several months to craft Mount Rainier's versatile, yet singular sound.

The opening track “Alone” coaxes listeners into its cosmic, neo soul groove with the winsome lilt of Gregorio's vocal harmonies. Lead single “Baby + Do It If It Feels Right”, a lush ode to a budding connection, is guided by its magnetic rhythm section and a soaring lap steel solo as the song builds to its emphatic chorus. But it is the nostalgic, stripped-down closer “Kino Cave River” that best showcases Gregorio’s confidence as a songwriter, tying a neat bow upon the emotionally-wrought collection of work. World Behind Your Head closes with the notion that one cannot be taught how to love, but proves in its entirety that effort triumphs over know-how. Find it on Bandcamp and all streaming services on May 14, 2021.

credits

released May 14, 2021

100% of the Bandcamp profits for WBYH will be donated to the NAPAWF (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum). Please visit www.napawf.org for more information.

All songs written by Rain Gregorio
and Produced by Tom Kendall

Guitars, bass, synth, and vox by Rain Gregorio
Drums, percussion, synth, and backing vox on Track 1 by Tom Kendall
Additional guitars and keys on Tracks 2, 3, and 6 by Cole Brossus

Mixed and mastered by Tom Kendall

Album art and acrylic paintings by Daryl Dingman @dryldngmn
Layout design by Evan Dykes @evandflowing

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