Imperfections: Unselected '10-'11 (2015) [LPx2]

by Jim Byron

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1.	This Too Shall Pass 05:15		buy track
2.	Long Winter's Wind's A' Soon to Blow 07:42	info	buy track
3.	If I'm Strung Out, Wind Me 06:35	info	buy track
4.	Like Driving a Sunken Ship 04:41		buy track
5.	Salvation (Burn'n' in the Fire/Song of Salvation [Adaption/Medley]) 03:40	info	buy track
6.	How Long Can They Turn Away? 03:45		buy track
7.	Nihilists Love Anorexics 08:13		buy track
8.	We Are Always Together in My Nightmares 04:30	info	buy track
9.	Madness at High Noon 06:20		buy track
10.	Party Politics 01:51		buy track
11.	Blown Like a Tumbleweed 03:10	info	buy track
12.	Burn'n' in the Fire 03:12	info	buy track
13.	Oceania 05:48		buy track
14.	Gales of Grace 06:02	info	buy track
15.	Pure of Heart 01:00		buy track
16.	Will You Open Your Window and Let Me In? 03:00		buy track
17.	The "Lucy, You're My Moonshine" 03:42		buy track
18.	California for X-Mas 04:39		buy track
19.	The Tript Out Rag 03:23		buy track
20.	Jim Byron (ft. Thee Utopians) - Balloon Boy 05:42	info	buy track
21.	Wouldn't You Like To Go With Her Again? 04:27		buy track
22.	You Can't See Me 03:44		buy track

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I am proud of these songs.However, none of them are perfect. Each one is characterized by some flaw within. I would likely change something, if not more, about each one. Nonetheless, though, they represent a time in my life that brought on a metamorphosis in me; I became who I am through these experiments. They are raw. They are real. Sometimes I had fun playing them, sometimes they were the only capacity by which I was capable of enjoying myself at all. Over the course of their composition, I was in very frequent communication with a poet named Barry Spacks; he led me to harness the power of a critical eye, and to hold my work to intense scrutiny. During this time, I also joined a group called the Revolutionary Poets Brigade, headed by activist poet Jack Hirschman, with whom I was encouraged and allowed to channel my innermost anger with the injustice in society and convert it to a positive, fulfilling energy in the form of music and poetry. Maybe I was a poet before this period, however this is the time when I was fully surrounded by poetry, letting it permeate my whole being, whether I was a poet or not, I became a poet then.
There is order in the imperfections on this album. Often, the recording process was painstaking; if I couldn't find the right word, I would work for hours, days, months, sometimes years to find something, and still if nothing correct appeared, I invested my effort in making the best mistake possible. Sometimes the mistake was the only thing that sounded passable; it's hard to explain.
Despite the disorder happening in these songs, I love them. They are all mine. They are yours. They belong to my friends with whom I shared these times. Thanks to all of them. My fullest gratitude goes out to everyone involved with the production of this album.

Take care, precious companions.

Cover photo by Miheal Michelle.

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released April 23, 2015

Lyrics and music written and performed by Jim Byron, except where otherwise specified.

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Jim Byron Minneapolis, Minnesota

U.S. alternative musician, songwriter, and producer. Has released over 30 albums since moving to Minneapolis in 2015. Genre- fluid. Mentored by two poet laureates of major cities: Jack Hirschman of San Francisco, and the late Barry Spacks of Santa Barbara. Also mentored by the mythic Baby Gramps, who once toured as Bob Dylan's personal backstage entertainment. ... more

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