James Vincent McMorrow & The Theodora Byrne Ensemble – The Less I Knew
Will you still love me, McMorrow?
The prolific James Vincent McMorrow (top) is releasing two albums this year. The first – The Less I Knew – is out on Faction Records on June 24.
On this intense live video performance of the title track he is joined by the Theodora Byrne Ensemble.
James writes:
“Making music, playing music, living my life in a way that is honest and candid. I’m trying to go easier on myself. I’m trying to make music that lets people know they should go easier on themselves too.
“Because the world is exhausting, and we are not well built for it, we tell ourselves that the toxic parts of it that grow up around us are just something we have to deal with. And sometimes that’s true, some things are beyond our control.
“But in the parts we can control, we should be easier with ourselves, I am trying to create work that allows people to be easier with themselves and with others, to know that most of us don’t have our shit together and never will, and that is ok, in fact it’s better than ok it’s great because it’s life and if you don’t appreciate it at the time, if you’re always trying to change it and bend it to your will, then you’ll miss it and it’ll be gone and you can’t get it back.
“We’ve all missed a lot, personally I do not want to miss any more of it.”
Nick says: Amen.
Pic: Emma McMorrow
