EP · 2016

Windows Open, Lamp Low

A short set of daylight songs and a single closing-time waltz: the brightest and the saddest things she wrote that year.

Tracks

1. First Warm Day, Windows OpenThe sun came in at half past nine and lay across my floor like it had been invited. I wanted a song with the windows open for once.jazz-pop, sunny ballad3:04
2. Mountain Road, Last Lamp Before HomeDown the mountain with the evening gold on every curve. It's the first song I wrote about the way home feeling better than the trip.porch jazz, travelling song3:38
3. Won a Goldfish at the County FairThree rings, one bottle, one goldfish, and a laugh I could not keep out of the take. Please forgive the giggling.jazz-pop, novelty swing3:32
4. One More for the Road, Mr. PianistThe room is almost empty and I'm asking the pianist for one more. It's the truest picture of my working life.supper-club, torch song3:23
5. The Gym Floor Still RemembersPaper streamers drooping and a punch bowl nearly dry. I closed the EP here because every party ends with a floor that remembers.nostalgic ballad, waltz4:58

Liner notes

After The Third Chair I wanted to open a window. These five came quickly, a first warm day, a goldfish from a county fair, a mountain road home, and then two last-dance songs to remind everybody who I am. We cut them in one long evening with the quartet and went home before dawn.

Ruby Delacroix