Mike Cadoo - Alone, together (2020)

While quarantined, I sat down that first week and wrote whatever came to me and found the instant gratification of such creation to quell the anxieties that come with such unprecedented uncertainty. It was after that first track that I thought of the idea of writing a song a week during the lockdown with the parameters being that I would limit myself to a simple set of tools and instruments as well as restricting edits of works to be completed in the week the work was conceived. This release "Alone, together" was never envisioned as an album per se, but so far, we are way more than nine weeks into this pandemic, and I'm not sure I can do it anymore. With the track WK9 written the day when the US hit 100,000 deaths, I need to leave it here, and I hope and pray (in my own way) that things will get better soon. As I write this, tensions in the US are at the most significant level that I have seen in my lifetime. With the current president trying his very best to instate a mock dictatorship while having a dementia scope on reality. The racism that is still, for some god awful reason, a thing in the US is adding to the tense nature of our collective feelings. I hope in at least part of these nine tracks you might find something to give you solace from all that is transpiring around us. A moment to feel something other than the anxiety that comes with these times. I know these works all have a darker cinematic theme, but those who know me personally and have listened to my output realize, I'm never going to make something pleasant when so much turmoil is the norm.