Patrick Shiroishi - Forgetting Is Violent (2025)

Forgetting is Violent is the most powerful release to date from Los Angeles saxophonist and composer Patrick Shiroishi (The Armed, Wild Up), with timely suites that meditate on racism and addiction. The music developed in part through extensive solo touring opening for Emma Ruth Rundle, in which Shiroishi brought effects pedals to the forefront. For the first time on a solo LP, Shiroishi has brought in collaborators: a who’s who of heavy music, including Aaron Turner (Sumac), Gemma Thompson (Savages), and Mat Ball (Big|Brave). With liner notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hua Hsu, Forgetting is Violent is Shiroishi’s latest masterwork.



Tracklist:
1-1 Patrick Shiroishi;Aaron Turner - To protect our family names [4:56]
1-2 Patrick Shiroishi;Gemma Thompson;Aaron Turner - Mountains that take wing [7:18]
1-3 Patrick Shiroishi;Aaron Turner;Faith Coloccia - ...what does anyone want but to feel a little more free? [4:18]
1-4 Patrick Shiroishi;otay::onii - There is no moment in my life in which this is not happening [5:30]
1-5 Patrick Shiroishi - One last walk with the wind of my past [6:34]
1-6 Patrick Shiroishi - Prayer for a trembling body [4:00]
1-7 Patrick Shiroishi - To become another being there has to be some kind of death [1:36]
1-8 Patrick Shiroishi;Mat Ball - Trying to get to heaven before they close the door [9:17]