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North of Nowhere

by Cain Brewer

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1.
Outside the Lines 03:58
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2.
How Long? 04:18
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3.
Lake Shore Dr. 04:45
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4.
Waitin' on a Cloud 04:22
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5.
October Skies 04:51
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6.
Dan the Man 04:00
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7.
Plummet From the Summit 04:58
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8.
Take the Money and Run 09:38
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9.
North of Nowhere 04:22
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about

I wrote the core of this album in 2019 following the deaths of my two childhood best friends eight months apart. It is equal parts tribute, self-reflection and grief. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I worked with some incredibly talented friends to bring the songs to life here. At the end of what has turned out to be a rather terrible and tragic period for many in the world, the songs have taken on new and varied meanings, inspiring me to release them publicly.

This album stands as a singular document of one man’s struggle to make sense of the rapid and accelerating decay of life around him. The loss of my friends bled into a pandemic, which has now bludgeoned us all for years. Death, loneliness and anxiety are recurring themes on the album; so, too, is life– making the most of it, living it outside the lines, leaving a legacy. Heavy stuff for heavy times.

While the process helped me to make sense of the deaths of my friends, their absence still looms. It is difficult, some would argue impossible, to form the close bonds in adulthood that we are able to as children, and the pandemic and currently polarized state of American society have taken that difficulty to soaring new heights. Families and friendships have become strained for many, with distrust and misinformation spreading at hyperspeed, forcing many of us to turn once again within– to isolate ourselves physically and emotionally as a measure of self-preservation. That mindset can be difficult to shake. It becomes unclear when you should hit the pause button. You find yourself looking at your own partner and children with equal parts love and skepticism, feeling more like a stranger at home than a fixture of their lives. All of this informed the production of the album.

My genuine hope is that if you are in any way feeling the same, you find some degree of comfort in these songs and knowing that you are not alone nor wrong nor emotionally bankrupt. You are a survivor. You are damaged, but not beyond repair. You matter. What you do matters and you have something good to give to the world.

Cain Brewer

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released April 1, 2022

All songs written by Cain Brewer
Produced, mixed and mastered by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound, Monticello, MN.
Recording engineers: Cain Brewer, Alex Looney, Jason Parks, Kelsey Hammer-Parks, Dana Telsrow.
Drums on tracks 1-8 recorded at Flat Black Studios, Lone Tree, IA, engineered by Dana Telsrow and Alex Looney, arranged by Alex Looney; track 9, recorded and engineered at home by Alex Looney.
Percussion recorded, engineered and arranged at home by Alex Looney. Additional percussion on track 3 recorded, engineered and arranged by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound.
Background vocals on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 recorded, engineered and arranged at home by Alex Looney. Additional background vocals recorded, engineered and arranged by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound.
Bass on tracks 1-4 and 7 recorded, engineered and arranged at home by Jason Parks. Additional bass recorded and engineered by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound.
Pedal steel on track 3 recorded, engineered and arranged at home by Kelsey Hammer-Parks; on track 7 recorded and engineered at home by Kelsey Hammer-Parks, arranged by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound.
Guitars, vocals, keys, harmonica and mandolin recorded, engineered and arranged by Cain Brewer at Monticello Sound.

Performing personnel:
Alex Looney: Drums, percussion, background vocals
Cain Brewer: Vocals, guitars, background vocals, bass, keys, harmonica, mandolin, percussion
Jason Parks: Bass
Kelsey Hammer-Parks: Pedal steel

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Cain Brewer Minneapolis, Minnesota

Reclusive, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist with a dark center of gravity. As of 2023, has retired the use of his name for artistic or business purposes.

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