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Cover of Thresholds

EP · 2024

Thresholds

by Kane Rivers

Moving days, wedding toasts and a new baby at home: an EP about thresholds.

Tracks

  1. 1. Keys on the Counter, Empty Rooms RingFinal day in the house where I learned to walk. The echo does the second verse.driving hip hop, melancholy rap2:53
  2. 2. Wedding Toast, Mic Shaking, Hands UpTie too tight, palms wet, index card folded. Best nerves of my life.joyful boom-bap, warm rap3:30
  3. 3. Second Chance Sample, Flip It RightA producer told me every sample's a ghost. That became my whole method.sample-flip rap, smooth boom-bap3:33
  4. 4. Shared the Sidewalk, Shared the RainForgot my plan, forgot my hood, shared a sidewalk with a stranger in the rain.warm rap, smooth hip hop2:57
  5. 5. First Night Home, Dad's Hands RememberA new kind of quiet in the apartment. I wrote it whispering.hushed hip hop, tender trap3:03
  6. 6. Fog Lifts Slow on the Eastbound LinePlatform wrapped in gray, streetlights wearing halos. My daily line, quieted down.hushed boom-bap, commuter rap3:26

Liner notes

Life got loud in the best way: a house I had to leave, a toast I had to give, a quiet apartment with a bassinet in it. I wrote these in stairwells and parked cars. Blended drums, honest hands.

Kane Rivers