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There is Less Sun

by Withe

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1.
Morning 03:28
Would you say that you’re better off anyway? All in all, but you know things change all in all, but you know things change Could you see? that what’s yours is mine and I am free time and time again you’ll see Even though it’s dark you’ll find relief and I know it’s not sane and I know it’s not sane and I know it’s not sane and I guess it’s still just not the same over and out i guess you’ll be afraid of leaves, unintrigued As the light it falls and breaks your dreams If you could just watch out for me In the morning In the morning In the morning There’s a moment when you wake up and see yourself when you wake up and time is out in the morning when you wake up And see yourself When you wake up and time is out Now that time is up I guess we’ll see what exactly will become of me
2.
Less Sun 02:23
There is a lesson rising there Blinding, lightening Won’t you let me in? It’s a strange old thing, cornering Staring off into the wind Cold controlling Where I’m going Motion of the setting sun Biding to become It’s a strange old thing, wandering Staring off into the wind There is less sun, my son There is less sun, my son There is less sun, my son There is less sun, my son Quiet, timing Spent reminding
3.
Lost Waltz 03:51
Tenderness, so slow I coulda sworn I’d seen ya movin' through the yard Carrying a basket full of favors For the neighbors hiding out in our trees Wandering bees They take off their clothes just like us At the end of the night They try to say that the honey ain’t worth the fight But I know better The moon she comes in, slowly moving Through the clouds now lost And mama, you’re still singing Somewhere off in my thoughts Wandering bees They all take off their clothes just like us At the end of the night They try to say that the honey ain’t worth the fight But I know better When they told me I guess I had time still I coulda sworn I was running through the yard With you right there Cause out there on the porch there’s an echo Stuck repeating in double time Wandering bees They take off their clothes just like us At the end of the night They try to say that the honey ain’t worth the fight But I know better Yeah I know better
4.
Taken Aback 03:49
Toe the line Now I’m moving Without wondering where I’ll be In the summer, I’m uncovered there you might see me so I’m leaving, done believing Not trying to find the piece Of tomorrow, that you borrowed I’ve been taken aback I followed the path I thought you’d made Anti winter, See it splinter Watch it curl out of time as I’m bleeding through the seasons Still trying to draw a line Caught up coasting, losing moments crooked traces that unwind Now it’s my stumbling wrath The shadows are still the same Guess I’ll wander and laugh as time dances away For a moment So meet me in the meadow in the morning where my mind won’t open I’ll see you in the traces in the fences in the shading, there Just don’t listen to the whispers that’ll warn you of where you’re going Cause if I leave here without warning Just know that you’ll find a way home
5.
Falling up through noonday See there’s a fire on the horizon Burning up all that you know It’s an air that’s changing more than you could ever count on caught up in another countdown Time is running away from us and I try to act as if it don’t matter But I’ll love you Through freezing Calling time when you find some sort of truth colliding With the breath you leave behind And the trees they’ll take it off of your hands The trees they’ll take it off your hands I hope you understand Time is running away from us and I try to act as if it don’t matter But I’ll love you Through freezing Where do we go from here? When unfolding comes And you go on your way Distant summer calling Where did June go? I saw you running Seeing all the truth that sinks its weight into your bones Little rivers, weaving figures for hours on end It’s pulsing in your head Where did June go? Where did June go?
6.
Willowing 04:45
I'm calling, not leaving Just trying to get out and my head's still spinning when I pull it out of the ground And you say to me, "Darling, what are you doing?" Hell, I guess I don't know But sunsets are grueling You said the air it lies Sometimes you gotta find out what it hides From your lungs, away from the sun Somewhere in moments, spinning circles Untold, to keep moving And then I tried to take my time Stuck, hanging around like a willow But then I lost my mind Missing the forest for the trees "Well son, can't you see? There's gotta be some kind of silver lining" Yeah we'll head into the shade as the clouds they pass, and leave us behind them You said the air it lies Sometimes, you gotta find out what it hides From your lungs, away from the sun Somewhere in moments, spinning circles Untold, to move When the lightning comes leaving jagged cries Where sun lessons take hold The willows they pretend to know why In echoes, untold
7.
Dream Spell 03:53
Rest time, done trailing down genuine gravity street Read in the garden again this dream was incomplete Would a cool fall tide me over to tie up these loose ends? Renewed it, you wash it to clear out the singe that had settled in I’d heard the whippoorwill had a gift to give And white spells that the sparrow set aside for the seer to live There’s a fire burning in slow motion on the hill Where the water can’t rise and the wind has got time to kill You always hid now the water bottle destroys the queue Test mockery, the way it ticks, knocks over your plain view Ya wander by with some sickness teething on letters Feeling tonight that your own home it won’t last you through the winter I’d heard the whippoorwill had a gift to give And white spells that the sparrow set aside for the seer to live There’s a fire burning in slow motion on the hill Where the water can’t rise and the wind has got time to kill He tried to believe that the ghost knew where the lovers fought Zero times, a duel of pebbles, oughta show you what it costs Newer water, ray of old sunlight now wreathed in guilt The genius sees some sad salvation hidden in the sky they built
8.
Oso Oscuro 04:15
Sigue avanzando Esta noche negra Me envuelve en sus brazos como un rio de piedras Y me tira al piso Como si fuera un oso Ooooooooh Oso oscuro Ahí lleno de odio Aqui Cansado y entre medio Me espera el fondo Me espera el fondo Si encuentras un rio, escondido Y yo, roto Donde entra el agua Pero tu ves que no fluye Por favor, sigue No pares, no pares Porque eventualmente Ahi viene la lluvia Y ahi correremos con la corriente Cuando venga Cuando venga Dejalo correr Adelante! Avanzamos! Hacia el fondo Nos espera el fondo!
9.
Glass Hours 04:22
Glass hours they keep breaking Now night it keeps on faking me Out of my mind But i’ll just have to find more Glass hours Glass hours More fragile than a dried out flower Glass Hours The birds on my shirt They’ve faded and are no longer white Soaked in the river of time I’m hung up, waiting out to dry Til I know I’m not confined Glass hours Glass hours More vacant than the maple's bower Glass Hours Oh, the river, it freezes Riding the waves of a winter storm But if you need me You can find me on the shore Glass hours Glass hours More broken than porcelain towers Glass hours
10.
Listening to the way The air moves Around you Darkened water won’t clear up For anyone Surely not you If you could see Living on the line Blinded in some stranger's light Falling to the side Where the tide don't change As the moon comes up shining through The late night rain Stuck carrying a weight You cannot drop Like clothes That the rain just soaked Will you leave the cave? Will you fight it off? The ceiling lightning Cast off your shadow Will you run with me? Will you follow the sun? The clouds are clearing Try hard to see it
11.
Birds arguing, the heart of the matter Stones shifting they all dance together As chance would have it, the luck of the draw All these things, they show the wind How it comes through your head, It blows down the avenue Keeps the leaves busy before they can get to you And the light it sends you away Before you sit down and your memory don’t stay Tourist of revolutions, going to the house Where were you then, what’ve you done to be proud? 10 days I’m echoing, lighter and heavier Like the water that soaks through the coin I don’t know if this’ll keep quite as well as dirt But when you put away time, what’s there left to deserve The furies they flew away, somehow this was worse Than the madness they gave to the bold Well it's half in the tank, given, to fight off a fever dream Vanilla worries, a hollering dog sleeps with me Freedom tonight it won’t sweat through this fog So it settles down, broken, across my pond A rip, straight across, Arabia mountain The Strega it chills me to change my location Damn me, the sun is stuck, somehow I’m still chasing it Injury cooling my home, just children inside waiting to become grown By chance and reality, you see, love keeps you naked Your words they confuse you, somehow they’re still breakin' And someone else’s courage it comes for the takin' Wearing a yellow coat to weather the storm Well it's half in the tank, given, to fight off a fever dream Vanilla worries, a hollering dog sleeps with me Freedom tonight won’t sweat through this fog So it settles down, broken, across my pond A rip, straight across, Arabia mountain The Strega it chills me to change my location Damn me, the sun is stuck, somehow I’m still chasing it Injury cooling my home, just children inside waiting to become grown

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Sun lessons, whispering willows, lightning storms that form where they don’t belong…this record is a fever dream comprised of reflections and moments frozen in time, wrapped in late summer’s haze, now to be carried along autumn’s breeze. Meditations on love, identity, change and time; a document of transitions through the seasons of life. It is here and it is yours now. I hope you enjoy listening to it, and that it may bring comfort to those who need it. Adelante, amigos! Avanzamos!

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released October 14, 2022

Songs written by Rubén Alvarado

Rubén Alvarado: Vocals, Guitar, 12 String, Cuatro, Banjo, Synthesizer, Percussion
Jack Blauvelt: Guitar, Percussion, Vibraphone, Rhodes Piano, Synthesizer
Clinton Callahan: Bass, Percussion, Samples, Synthesizer
Paul Stevens: Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, Piano, Synthesizer

Produced by Damon Moon at Standard Electric Recorders in Atlanta, GA
Mastered by Joe Lambert in Cortlandt, NY

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Withe Brooklyn, New York

Withe is the musical moniker for Brooklyn based singer/songwriter, Rubén Alvarado. His debut album, There Is Less Sun, is a psychedelic folk, art rock fever dream swirling with visions of sun lessons, whispering willows, and lightning storms that form where they don’t belong…hazy, emotive reflections on love, identity, and riding the winds of change. ... more

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