The Side Effects of Endorphins

We are starting to gather memories of places we are going to miss. Mississippi Studios is one of those.

We saw Anna Tivel and her band play on Saturday . Her band was tight. Her latest album Animal Poems is spectacular. The vibe there was special. The crowd seemed to relax and happy to be away from the madness, that is the United States.

I’m on top of a lot of new music, but I found this artist by accident. We were going out to celebrate my birthday and she just happened to be playing on the weekend at my favorite studio. I spent a lot of time listening to her music this week and understanding her poetry.

Anna is from Portland and I highly recommend giving her a listen. I love the presence of Anna because it felt like a night orchestrated for us. We plan to see her when she plays in Carnation this summer.

She takes an everyday experience and turns it into a masterful poem within a song. Widely celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers of her generation, her music is often compared to the introspective and literary styles of Paul Simon, Adrianne Lenker, and Elliott Smith