OF TEARS, NO AMOUNT CAN QUENCH MOUTHS MAIMED BY DROUGHT

‘Of Tears...’ is the 8th solo full length album by Andy the Doorbum. It is a personal journey centered around the process of grief. It was largely written in 2019 while his father, whom he had a complicated and turbulent relationship with, faced cancer. That’s where the grieving started though he was still very much alive. The album opens with a field recording of his father speaking about his imminent death after his diagnosis. Due to that ongoing illness the project was delayed. His father died two days shy of Christmas that year while Andy and his brother slept on the floor next to his bed. Not long before that their father said to them, “Boys, this world is going to hell, and I’m glad I won’t be here to see it.” Two months later the global pandemic hit. It was then the realization came that the grief wasn’t just for Andy, his father, or his family. It was a grieving of the world, and its weight truly began to sink in as the upheavals plainly unfolded. The sickness/death enveloping societies, the blatant inequalities/injustices consuming marginalized communities, the rising wave of autocratic/ authoritarian ideologies, the wars, the upending of weather patterns that govern the very life of the planet itself. It became clear that there was a whole world worth grieving for, a darkness in which the small glimmer of light left was worth... more credits released November 1, 2023 Written, recorded, performed, and mixed by Andy the Doorbum (except where otherwise noted) in Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles, CA. Album art by Andy the Doorbum. Mastered by John "Spud" Murphy at Guerrilla Sounds Studios in Dublin, IE. Additional percussion mixing by Coady Scott Willis. Additional musicians/vocalists: Radie Peat, Cormac MacDiarmada, Daragh Lynch, Ian Lynch, JoyThroughNoise, and Molly Jay. Members of Lankum appear courtesy of Rough Trade Records. license all rights reserved