Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find Youhttps://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/Fri, 08 May 2020 18:05:09 +0000en-USSite-Server v6.0.0-31539-31539 (http://www.squarespace.com)Slow SpiritnoSlow Spiritslowspiritmusic@gmail.comCopyright 2020, Slow SpiritepisodicSlow Spirit takes a deeper look at the creative process behind each song from their record, Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You.

]]>Ep. 12: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find Younatalie bohrnSat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-12-nowhere-no-one-knows-where-to-find-you5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a97dde69c6177b14c61dCan't believe it's finally here!

Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You (the album) is available now where you stream music.

Thank-you so much for being here with us. We love this record and we're so happy we got to make it exactly how we wanted to. The only thing better than that is sharing it with other human beings, music makers, artists, poets, and general badasses. Thank you so much for being here with us, listening and letting our music feed your heart. We love that.

]]>Can't believe it's finally here!

Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You (the album) is available now where you stream music.

Thank-you so much for being here with us. We love this record and we're so happy we got to make it exactly how we wanted to. The only thing better than that is sharing it with other human beings, music makers, artists, poets, and general badasses. Thank you so much for being here with us, listening and letting our music feed your heart. We love that.

]]>Slow SpiritCan't believe it's finally here! Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You (the album) is available now where you stream music. Thank-you so much for being here with us. We love this record and we're so happy we got to make it exactly how we wanted to. The only thing better than that is sharing it with other human beings, music makers, artists, poets, and general badasses. Thank you so much for being here with us, listening and letting our music feed your heart. We love that.no00:10:06Ep. 12: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find YouEp. 12: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find YouEp. 11: Moonflowernatalie bohrnFri, 01 May 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-11-moonflower5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a93a0a1d4b4e743232dcUnder Pressure?

Moonflowers do things on their own time.

Unlike almost any other flower in the world, moonflowers don't bloom in the sun. They bloom at night.

They don't care what all the other flowers are doing.

]]>Under Pressure?

Moonflowers do things on their own time.

Unlike almost any other flower in the world, moonflowers don't bloom in the sun. They bloom at night.

They don't care what all the other flowers are doing.

]]>Slow SpiritUnder Pressure? Moonflowers do things on their own time. Unlike almost any other flower in the world, moonflowers don't bloom in the sun. They bloom at night.  They don't care what all the other flowers are doing. no00:08:42Ep. 11: MoonflowerEp. 11: MoonflowerEp. 10: Gone Gonenatalie bohrnFri, 24 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-10-gone-gone5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a8c7e2671908cf159665Gone Gone was one of the first songs we tried to write when we started our do-or-die  recording project last winter. We had put aside the time and money to write the record of our dreams, and now, staring at a blank page, that familiar dread started to build up. Luckily, Jeff Tweedy appeared to help us out....

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]]>Slow SpiritGone Gone was one of the first songs we tried to write when we started our do-or-die  recording project last winter. We had put aside the time and money to write the record of our dreams, and now, staring at a blank page, that familiar dread started to build up. Luckily, Jeff Tweedy appeared to help us out....no00:08:16Ep. 10: Gone GoneEp. 10: Gone GoneEp. 9: To Be Togethernatalie bohrnFri, 17 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-9-to-be-together5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a7a3b6faeb732c29cd2aFriends.

Don't you miss those guys? Your friends... Just curious, on a scale of 1-10, where are you at with the whole lack-of-human-contact thing, today?

And this song, more than all the others on the record, owes it's magic glue to our friends who contributed parts -- Matt Peters on the ripping bass part at the end, Julian Beutel on the wonderfully weirdly effected trumpet solo, Justin Alcock on the Mars-Volta-esque guitar response. Ian Johnson on the visualizer idea of bouncing our iPhone flashlights off of CDs to create rainbows on the ceiling. Takes a village sometimes.

]]>Friends.

Don't you miss those guys? Your friends... Just curious, on a scale of 1-10, where are you at with the whole lack-of-human-contact thing, today?

And this song, more than all the others on the record, owes it's magic glue to our friends who contributed parts -- Matt Peters on the ripping bass part at the end, Julian Beutel on the wonderfully weirdly effected trumpet solo, Justin Alcock on the Mars-Volta-esque guitar response. Ian Johnson on the visualizer idea of bouncing our iPhone flashlights off of CDs to create rainbows on the ceiling. Takes a village sometimes.

]]>Slow SpiritFriends.Don't you miss those guys? Your friends... Just curious, on a scale of 1-10, where are you at with the whole lack-of-human-contact thing, today?And this song, more than all the others on the record, owes it's magic glue to our friends who contributed parts -- Matt Peters on the ripping bass part at the end, Julian Beutel on the wonderfully weirdly effected trumpet solo, Justin Alcock on the Mars-Volta-esque guitar response. Ian Johnson on the visualizer idea of bouncing our iPhone flashlights off of CDs to create rainbows on the ceiling. Takes a village sometimes. no00:11:17Ep. 9: To Be TogetherEp. 9: To Be TogetherEp. 8: Italo Calvinonatalie bohrnFri, 10 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-8-italo-calvino5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a6f7ec7bc900e9bd8939You don't always hit it with every book. Sometimes it's just not the right time in your life for whatever it is you've picked up. But hopefully, you get lucky.

I was listening to the New Yorker Fiction Podcast in the bathtub on a cold winter's night and an Italo Calvino short story was meandering its way down the byzantine conduit of my ear. Suddenly I found myself in a surrealist state of a young love affair in a small antiquated Italian village between world wars, wondering what love is truly all about. Thanks, Italo.

]]>You don't always hit it with every book. Sometimes it's just not the right time in your life for whatever it is you've picked up. But hopefully, you get lucky.

I was listening to the New Yorker Fiction Podcast in the bathtub on a cold winter's night and an Italo Calvino short story was meandering its way down the byzantine conduit of my ear. Suddenly I found myself in a surrealist state of a young love affair in a small antiquated Italian village between world wars, wondering what love is truly all about. Thanks, Italo.

]]>Slow SpiritYou don't always hit it with every book. Sometimes it's just not the right time in your life for whatever it is you've picked up. But hopefully, you get lucky.I was listening to the New Yorker Fiction Podcast in the bathtub on a cold winter's night and an Italo Calvino short story was meandering its way down the byzantine conduit of my ear. Suddenly I found myself in a surrealist state of a young love affair in a small antiquated Italian village between world wars, wondering what love is truly all about. Thanks, Italo.no00:06:36Ep. 8: Italo CalvinoEp. 8: Italo CalvinoEp. 7: States Of Disintegrationnatalie bohrnFri, 03 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-7-states-of-disintegration5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a65f885e6f31aab42cf9States Of Disintegration is about bursting through the old and no longer useful to make room for the new that only you know you need. It takes a bit of work, but we can burst out of cocoons every once and a while.

In this episode we talk about drawing inspiration from our favourite songs, looking past the notes and rhythms into the essence of the song, the feeling it gives you, and then trying to recreate that special magic. We also talk about how we built this drum part one piece at a time.

]]>States Of Disintegration is about bursting through the old and no longer useful to make room for the new that only you know you need. It takes a bit of work, but we can burst out of cocoons every once and a while.

In this episode we talk about drawing inspiration from our favourite songs, looking past the notes and rhythms into the essence of the song, the feeling it gives you, and then trying to recreate that special magic. We also talk about how we built this drum part one piece at a time.

]]>Slow SpiritStates Of Disintegration is about bursting through the old and no longer useful to make room for the new that only you know you need. It takes a bit of work, but we can burst out of cocoons every once and a while. In this episode we talk about drawing inspiration from our favourite songs, looking past the notes and rhythms into the essence of the song, the feeling it gives you, and then trying to recreate that special magic. We also talk about how we built this drum part one piece at a time. no00:08:38Ep. 7: States Of DisintegrationEp. 7: States Of DisintegrationEp. 6: That’ll Donatalie bohrnFri, 20 Mar 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-6-thatll-do5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a60e0a1d4b4e7431a50cWhat a week, what a week. What has been most shocking to me, in the the midst of this covid-19 crisis, is how our current relationship with media can mobilize the emotional state of an entire country in three days. For better or worse, despite attempts from officials to calm our nerves, hysteria has proven to spread even quicker than an unprecedented global pandemic. We are tied in. Our rationality surrendered to the device in our hand. Stay safe folks. Stay home, stay safe and stay sane.

We are going to continue releasing this new music despite the dramatic shift in all of our external lives. Today we present to you, That’ll Do. Continuing with the ground work laid out by Ca Suffit, That’ll Do sheds light on the other half of Slow Spirit. Made entirely by me (Eric), it represents the hidden design behind our collaboration. Also, the freneticism to Natalie’s cool, collected contribution.

It’s a short transitional piece in the scope of our new album, but if you’d like to hear more sounds like this, I’d encourage you to check out an EP we released a few months back called Warble.

]]>What a week, what a week. What has been most shocking to me, in the the midst of this covid-19 crisis, is how our current relationship with media can mobilize the emotional state of an entire country in three days. For better or worse, despite attempts from officials to calm our nerves, hysteria has proven to spread even quicker than an unprecedented global pandemic. We are tied in. Our rationality surrendered to the device in our hand. Stay safe folks. Stay home, stay safe and stay sane.

We are going to continue releasing this new music despite the dramatic shift in all of our external lives. Today we present to you, That’ll Do. Continuing with the ground work laid out by Ca Suffit, That’ll Do sheds light on the other half of Slow Spirit. Made entirely by me (Eric), it represents the hidden design behind our collaboration. Also, the freneticism to Natalie’s cool, collected contribution.

It’s a short transitional piece in the scope of our new album, but if you’d like to hear more sounds like this, I’d encourage you to check out an EP we released a few months back called Warble.

]]>Slow SpiritWhat a week, what a week. What has been most shocking to me, in the the midst of this covid-19 crisis, is how our current relationship with media can mobilize the emotional state of an entire country in three days. For better or worse, despite attempts from officials to calm our nerves, hysteria has proven to spread even quicker than an unprecedented global pandemic. We are tied in. Our rationality surrendered to the device in our hand. Stay safe folks. Stay home, stay safe and stay sane. We are going to continue releasing this new music despite the dramatic shift in all of our external lives. Today we present to you, That’ll Do. Continuing with the ground work laid out by Ca Suffit, That’ll Do sheds light on the other half of Slow Spirit. Made entirely by me (Eric), it represents the hidden design behind our collaboration. Also, the freneticism to Natalie’s cool, collected contribution. It’s a short transitional piece in the scope of our new album, but if you’d like to hear more sounds like this, I’d encourage you to check out an EP we released a few months back called Warble.no00:09:07Ep. 6: That'll DoEp. 6: That'll DoEp. 5: Ca Suffitnatalie bohrnFri, 13 Mar 2020 09:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-5-ca-suffit5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e65a443190266288c6f130fFor the next two weeks, we want to take a quick look at the two shortest, and most drastically different songs on the new album. Living on the b-side of the new album, Ca Suffit offers a breath of fresh air, simply by letting Natalie’s voice and acoustic guitar stand on their own. A sound likely becoming familiar to anyone following along, as the origin for a number of different Slow Spirit songs. Next week we’ll turn the spotlight to Eric and his track called That’ll Do.

Join us as we continue to uncover the many dimensions of the Slow Spirit creative process.

]]>For the next two weeks, we want to take a quick look at the two shortest, and most drastically different songs on the new album. Living on the b-side of the new album, Ca Suffit offers a breath of fresh air, simply by letting Natalie’s voice and acoustic guitar stand on their own. A sound likely becoming familiar to anyone following along, as the origin for a number of different Slow Spirit songs. Next week we’ll turn the spotlight to Eric and his track called That’ll Do.

Join us as we continue to uncover the many dimensions of the Slow Spirit creative process.

]]>Slow SpiritFor the next two weeks, we want to take a quick look at the two shortest, and most drastically different songs on the new album. Living on the b-side of the new album, Ca Suffit offers a breath of fresh air, simply by letting Natalie’s voice and acoustic guitar stand on their own. A sound likely becoming familiar to anyone following along, as the origin for a number of different Slow Spirit songs. Next week we’ll turn the spotlight to Eric and his track called That’ll Do. Join us as we continue to uncover the many dimensions of the Slow Spirit creative process.no00:06:41Ep. 5: Ca SuffitEp. 5: Ca SuffitEp. 4: Womannatalie bohrnFri, 06 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-4-woman5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e6069063d879f708250ab62"Strong enough for a man, made for a woman" at some point shifted into simply, "Strong enough for a woman". 

That's where I draw the line. There, right there: the moment we said, as a culture, "Wait a minute: Women's strengths are 100% real and worth mentioning." Even if it was just an ad for deodorant. 

The song we're sharing with you on this podcast - the fourth release from "Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You" - lyrically points out the sometimes-invisible strengths that women bring to the world. Secret-ish powers that, if womankind were to abandon earth tomorrow, would surely leave behind utter and abject chaos. 

The song itself seemed to happen almost magically, as we’ll point out in the podcast - happy listening —

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]]>Slow Spirit"Strong enough for a man, made for a woman" at some point shifted into simply, "Strong enough for a woman".  That's where I draw the line. There, right there: the moment we said, as a culture, "Wait a minute: Women's strengths are 100% real and worth mentioning." Even if it was just an ad for deodorant. The song we're sharing with you on this podcast - the fourth release from "Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You" - lyrically points out the sometimes-invisible strengths that women bring to the world. Secret-ish powers that, if womankind were to abandon earth tomorrow, would surely leave behind utter and abject chaos. no00:08:47Ep. 4: WomanEp. 4: WomanEp. 3: Paisley Patternnatalie bohrnFri, 28 Feb 2020 20:45:52 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-3-paisley-pattern5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e595e736a7063156a7903d6Last winter, when this song was being born, it snowed terrifically. We couldn't leave the house for a while. And frankly, I was perfectly happy to keep it cozy for as long as need be. Emergency coziness procedures ought to be kept sharp in a place like rural Manitoba.

Paisley Pattern evolved out of that winter "keep-yourself-occupied-so-you-don't-freak-out" attitude, which is where I think a lot of Northernly art comes from. Manitoban artists generally have an opinion on the effect of terrible conditions on quality art.

You can listen to the formation of this little winter piece here.

]]>Last winter, when this song was being born, it snowed terrifically. We couldn't leave the house for a while. And frankly, I was perfectly happy to keep it cozy for as long as need be. Emergency coziness procedures ought to be kept sharp in a place like rural Manitoba.

Paisley Pattern evolved out of that winter "keep-yourself-occupied-so-you-don't-freak-out" attitude, which is where I think a lot of Northernly art comes from. Manitoban artists generally have an opinion on the effect of terrible conditions on quality art.

You can listen to the formation of this little winter piece here.

]]>Slow SpiritLast winter, when this song was being born, it snowed terrifically. We couldn't leave the house for a while. And frankly, I was perfectly happy to keep it cozy for as long as need be. Emergency coziness procedures ought to be kept sharp in a place like rural Manitoba. Paisley Pattern evolved out of that winter "keep-yourself-occupied-so-you-don't-freak-out" attitude, which is where I think a lot of Northernly art comes from. Manitoban artists generally have an opinion on the effect of terrible conditions on quality art. You can listen to the formation of this little winter piece here.no00:10:26Ep. 3: Paisley PatternEp. 3: Paisley PatternEp. 2: Sketchy Symbologynatalie bohrnFri, 21 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/ep-2-sketchy-symbology5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e4ef334563ccb53b09a8d21Have you ever travelled around quite a lot on airplanes, and felt like you were coming unglued from planet Earth just a bit? Have you ever found yourself to be so suddenly busy that you felt disconnected with the space you were actually, presently in? Have you ever looked over at a majestic, old tree in the summertime only to find yourself feeling a bit... Jealous?

That’s exactly where the song Sketchy Symbology started. Naturally, in the front yard in summer, with a guitar and notebook. But it didn’t end there. What started small and wistfully grew into the most epic song on the whole record.

]]>Have you ever travelled around quite a lot on airplanes, and felt like you were coming unglued from planet Earth just a bit? Have you ever found yourself to be so suddenly busy that you felt disconnected with the space you were actually, presently in? Have you ever looked over at a majestic, old tree in the summertime only to find yourself feeling a bit... Jealous?

That’s exactly where the song Sketchy Symbology started. Naturally, in the front yard in summer, with a guitar and notebook. But it didn’t end there. What started small and wistfully grew into the most epic song on the whole record.

]]>Slow SpiritHave you ever travelled around quite a lot on airplanes, and felt like you were coming unglued from planet Earth just a bit? Have you ever found yourself to be so suddenly busy that you felt disconnected with the space you were actually, presently in? Have you ever looked over at a majestic, old tree in the summertime only to find yourself feeling a bit... Jealous? That’s exactly where the song Sketchy Symbology started. Naturally, in the front yard in summer, with a guitar and notebook. But it didn’t end there. What started small and wistfully grew into the most epic song on the whole record.no00:10:43Ep. 2: Sketchy SymbologyEp. 2: Sketchy SymbologyEp. 1: Hard Seasonnatalie bohrnThu, 13 Feb 2020 18:36:00 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/hard-season5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e457eb5e03fd3048a4a1e45Hard Season is a portrait of Winnipeg (also known as Winterpeg), a very cold city in Canada. We were not living in Winnipeg (our hometown) last winter during the conception of this song, and I was imagining running into old friends on the street in January and remembering how bitterly, terribly cold it is there.

Winter changes people. The last time I saw these friends -- at Winnipeg Folk Festival, the most blissful and certainly the hottest festival of the year, taking place in the smoking hot July prairie summertime -- they were their summer selves, the complete opposite of who they are in winter.

More on this in this very first podcast episode - enjoy!

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]]>Slow SpiritHard Season is a portrait of Winnipeg (also known as Winterpeg), a very cold city in Canada. We were not living in Winnipeg (our hometown) last winter during the conception of this song, and I was imagining running into old friends on the street in January and remembering how bitterly, terribly cold it is there. Winter changes people. The last time I saw these friends -- at Winnipeg Folk Festival, the most blissful and certainly the hottest festival of the year, taking place in the smoking hot July prairie summertime -- they were their summer selves, the complete opposite of who they are in winter. More on this in this very first podcast episode - enjoy! no00:10:20Ep. 1: Hard SeasonEp. 1: Hard SeasonIntroducing: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You - The Podcastnatalie bohrnSat, 25 Jan 2020 18:16:43 +0000https://www.slowspiritband.com/podcast/nowhere-no-one-knows-where-to-find-you-the-podcast5dcd8f5b2e1e6528f5b99c7c:5e2c7bbcf337cc577e7453f3:5e2c7df0db9920627bd7fa3dWhat if you grabbed your partner, packed your things and headed deep into a rural Canadian winter to spend four months making the record you’ve always dreamed you could make? That’s what Slow Spirit songwriters Eric Roberts and Natalie Bohrn attempted last winter. This podcast introduction lays out some of the unique and serendipitous circumstances behind Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You, a Slow Spirit record due out in May, 2020.

]]>What if you grabbed your partner, packed your things and headed deep into a rural Canadian winter to spend four months making the record you’ve always dreamed you could make? That’s what Slow Spirit songwriters Eric Roberts and Natalie Bohrn attempted last winter. This podcast introduction lays out some of the unique and serendipitous circumstances behind Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You, a Slow Spirit record due out in May, 2020.

]]>Slow SpiritNatalie and Eric briefly describe the serendipitous circumstances around recording Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You.Natalie and Eric introduce themselves and their music project Slow Spirit and announce their upcoming record, Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You. They explain the purpose of this podcast series - to take the listener through the creative process of each song on the record, from demo stages to finished recording. They also touch on how they met and how Slow Spirit began, the unique circumstances that shaped their winter recording session, the sacrifices they made and the overall outcome of their wish to record "the album of their dreams". no00:03:42Introducing: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You - The PodcastIntroducing: Nowhere No One Knows Where To Find You - The Podcast