It's Going To Be Okay

by Misery Whip

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1.	Beyond The Veil 03:16	buy track
2.	DAYGLO 02:17	buy track
3.	Who Decides? 06:16	buy track
4.	Talk You Down 02:52	buy track
5.	Concerta 03:37	buy track
6.	Melatonin 05:27	buy track
7.	The Mirror: Part One 03:17	buy track
8.	The Mirror: Part Two 05:46	buy track

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Misery Whip
"It's Going To Be Okay"
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"I first discovered the name of this 1800's era two-man saw about ten years ago while delving into the lexicon of shared human knowledge and esoterica. It was intriguing to me that felling these gigantic redwood trees required two people, and only two people, to work together, pushing and pulling this massive 20 foot saw back and forth.

It was unclear why the saw was named the misery whip -- Some people said it's because the job itself was miserable, that sawing these trees was an endless task. Others claimed that the business of using a Misery Whip was dangerous in itself, with the blade carrying so much tension between two welded saw blades, especially in the moment before the tree released, that the blade could and would snap with incredible force, and seriously maim or kill the loggers using it.

It reminds me of love, of creating music, of the struggle of artists and musicians attempting to 'make it', or simply to survive. It reminds me of mental illness and how your brain can feel like it is trying to murder you sometimes, the two halves welded together. The idea that music can be a cathartic release, and also a miserable danger to the musician creating it, was poignant to me. It was meaningful and disturbing.

As to 'It's Going To Be Okay', maybe it will be. I don't know. Better to be optimistic. Grief will come, you are not immune to death's disease that was made for you. Be it plague, trauma, cancer, pandemic, or suicide. But that doesn't mean we can't try and put a smile on while the world burns. Have babies. Listen to some records. Smile. It's going to be okay." -- Paris Gulbro Patt

Recorded from August to December, 2021, in Culver City, CA.

50% of all album sales will permanently be donated to MSK (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
giving.mskcc.org

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released February 2, 2022

Produced by: Paris Gulbro Patt & Riley Geare
Recorded and Engineered by: Riley Geare
Mixed and Mastered by: Riley Geare

All songs and lyrics by Paris Gulbro Patt

Baritone Guitar, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Piano, Upright Bass, Keyboards (Prophet, Rhodes, etc), Vocals by Paris Gulbro Patt

Stephen Patt, Track 7, Upright Bass
Riley Geare: Vocals, Upright Bass, Drums, Percussion, Moral Support, Track 1-8

Dedicated to Lise Patt (1955-2019). Forever grateful for the three weeks we had together before your next journey and I miss you every day.

Thank you to Riley Geare for helping me believe in the healing power of music and believing in me from day 1 without having heard the songs.

All photograph scans Copywritten to Paris Gulbro Patt, 35MM Film Negatives

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Misery Whip Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles // A Perpetual One Night Stand // Guardian Angel Wrought With Studded Collars And The Unhoused // The Alcoholic Who Doesn't Have A Problem // Offer Me Succor // Give Us Release From This Prison // Suffer Me, My Laughing Stock // Confidence Wanes // The Beast Gives In // Raped and Pillaged // The Dustbowl Can't Git Us Here, Paw // Peace Found in Death // Corpse Pose // Face Down // Bye ... more

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