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Cover of Streetlamp Still On

EP · 2017

Streetlamp Still On

by Kane Rivers

A quiet-stretch EP of homecomings and a new baby: the east side seen through older eyes.

Tracks

  1. 1. Streetlamp Still on Our BlockThe block looks smaller and I guess I got older. That's the whole song.wistful boom-bap, homecoming rap3:16
  2. 2. Postcard From the East SideA letter to an old friend, written like a postcard, signed with a stoop.nostalgic rap, soul-sample3:05
  3. 3. Lullaby for the Lil OneSeven pounds of future and I was the nervous student. I wrote it in the hospital hallway.tender boom-bap, lullaby rap2:33
  4. 4. Night Clerk, Floor NineI covered a hotel night desk for a month once. Every room really is a chapter.story rap, late-night hip hop2:39
  5. 5. Payphone on Delancey DustPayphone rust and a notebook: where my first rhymes lived.nostalgic rap, lo-fi boom-bap2:53

Liner notes

After the touring slowed down I went back to the block and found it smaller than I remembered. I wrote these five at my mother's kitchen table and in a hospital hallway, mostly whispering so I wouldn't wake anyone. No big drums, just the notes app and an old loop.

Kane Rivers