I originally had a heartfelt letter attached to this. I looked at it today, over a year after I wrote these songs, and I cringed (03/23/21). These songs are a bit outdated; Mike Pence is no longer the VP (mercifully), and the MTA didn't close down. Yet, the world is darker than it was before 2020 and although there is a lot of hope radiating throughout this new year, there is also fear, disillusionment, and uncertainty about what the "new normal," when we finally reach it, will be. I had a pre-taped graduation, Covid Savior Governor Cuomo will soon be NoMo, and I have watched myself and everyone else in my life shatter. On the first track of this EP, "Tiger One," composed after learning I might've contracted Covid from a friend and understandably freaking out, I wrote "we cannot underestimate the losses to which we'll all soon bow our heads." There is nothing I wouldn't give for that prediction to have been incorrect.

I could talk about everything I've learned, or what the country's learned, or what those close to me have learned. I could speak about the anger this pandemic brought out in me given all that it has exposed about who we are as people, but I'm tired. I'm going to guess you are too. I think that means I should keep this brief.

I wrote these songs because I was scared, because I was angry, because I was in mourning and knew that life as I knew it was collapsing quickly and chaotically around me. I wrote these songs because I was in recovery from a traumatic health crisis and had just started seriously making progress before this pandemic threw every possible obstacle in my way and devastated me. I wrote these songs to make myself laugh because sometimes that's the only thing you can do when you're afraid: laugh. I wrote these songs and now I give them to you. I hope they can give you some comfort or entertainment. Even if they don't, thanks for sharing your time with me and congrats on making it through this disaster. You deserve it. It hasn't been easy.

Finally, all streaming proceeds and sales from other music platforms for the first three tracks will go to the NAACPLDF. On this website, all the proceeds from this EP and any of the individual tracks that encompass it, after Bandcamp takes its cut, will be donated to the Loveland Foundation, which aims to provide Black women and girls financial resources to receive therapy and additional support for mental health. For more information, refer to their website: thelovelandfoundation.org

Thank you for everything. I love you.

Sincerely,

Rebecca

8/12/22 EDIT:

Due to the logistical hurdles of Bandcamp taking a percentage of earnings from music on this site, we have made the decision to no longer donate proceedings from the purchase of this album on Bandcamp going forward. All prior sales have already been sent to the Loveland Foundation and I am so proud of what we have been able to contribute. I would strongly recommend those wishing to donate to a terrific cause do so through direct donations on their website to avoid any of those donations being swallowed up through a hosting server. 75% of streaming proceeds of this album will continue to go to the NAACPLDF in perpetuity. Feel free to download this for whatever you want, even if that price is free.