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woman

by Basil Strawberry

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MxAshlynn
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MxAshlynn Shivery yet warm~ Favorite track: oceansky.
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Nima Massey 💕💕💕💕💕💕 amazing v good to close my eyes to as I drink my box of rosé
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garbagewitch Fucking transcendent. Deeply personal and beautifully ethereal all at once. Jams for days. Favorite track: impostr.
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1.
oceansky 03:45
Roaring tides Extend to the edge of everything that’s mine The sun still shines upon what I can’t see But now the moon is looming over me Counting the colors in the oceansky They number greater than I could describe Sifting through words and tones to capture it But nothing’s detailed like the real shit and none of me is like it My body is nothing, My body is nothing My body is nothing, My body is nothing more significant than a single drop I am nothing, I am nothing Who am I if I don’t let them characterize me by Constructs that overlay transparency Projected over my identity But staying radically indifferent to validating my existence defines my energy as excellent devine, powerful and feminine The only thing that makes sense My body is nothing, My body is nothing My body is nothing, My body is nothing more significant than a single drop Or everything at once I can only see a fraction of it There isn’t anything that matters less It’s all the same, it’s all the same
2.
souls 02:09
Laughing horses never change Fancy living sibling souls Who am I now Singer cuties never change Chosen sister all of time Who am I now What can I tell myself
3.
chrysalis I 02:12
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chrysalis II 00:51
5.
Every time I’m disappointed When I look into his eyes And I show him vulnerability Like this has never happened before And he slides across the counter to me A set of keys that he keeps hidden That open up the secret compartments That even he hasn’t seen inside of yet It’s all in his nature
6.
impostr 03:46
Everyone I know can see Imposter syndrome falling out of me Am I aware of the visibility of the extent? My mind can’t take much more Of the pressure to do everything now Still she’ll wax poetic That all of this noisem Is just for overwhelming herself These figures trust me And I can’t seem to figure it out Cause I’m stuck in limbo Spiraling downward to the top forever Everyone I know can see Imposter syndrome falling out of me Am I aware of the visibility of the extent? So what can I tell myself? Who am I now
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cry now 05:19
My beautiful friend She told me I’m a prism But the glow of my skin is not what it used to be When I was a child I was made to feel broken I’m powerful now as I am a woman And as naturally The strange boy would turn out to be When I catch myself in the mirror I cry Now I catch the light Emanated by the warmth of My beautiful friends who validate existence I never thought it would be much to ask I can cry now Not like before, it feels right now All of my power I can feel inside my bones I can call you When I’m in the dark, you would guide me All of our love I can feel inside my heart

credits

released July 19, 2019

Basil Jane Stevens - vocals, synths, beats, field recording, bass guitar, production
Graye Guidotti - vocals, percussion
Eirinn Gragson - vocals, synth, album photo
Eddie Charlton - guitar
Sarah Mckenna - vocoder
Betty Joy Downey - tenor sax, flute
Chris Karl Hoganson - piano, vocal engineering
Eric Dante Sabatino - mixing, percussion engineering
Timothy Stollenwerk - mastering

Recorded at Basil’s apartment, The Mansion, and Sabatino Moped. Mixed at Sabatino Moped and mastered at Stereophonic Mastering.

“Time Will Tell” was written by Devonté Hynes. We’re big fans.

Thank you to Graye for being my chosen sister, muse, and collaborator, learning drums for this project, motivating me, believing in me, harmonizing with me, and being there for me. Thank you to Eirinn and Eddie for writing tons of parts and playing in the live band, as well as being wonderfully supportive friends, and overall smart, beautiful, talented, hardworking renaissance people. Thank you Betty and Chris (who’s love is so beautiful it makes me cry) for providing solos and sample material, generously inviting me to record in your home, discussing my lyrics with me, and making me feel seen and appreciated. Thank you to Sarah for providing her voice via vocoder, and being a talented sweetie whom I look up to. Thank you to Eric for being a great friend to me and always being so down to help me with whatever I need. Thank you to all my friends who believed in me and motivated me to finally create my own project. Thank you to Beach House, Blood Orange, Sound of Ceres, and SOPHIE for the inspiration.

This music is for the queers. I label my gender in the title of this album as a statement about societal expectations of trans and nonbinary people to constantly label themselves or else face misgendering. That kind of surface level statement is for those outside of queer culture, however, the thoughts and experiences shared in these songs are ones I hope will resonate with queer people like myself. It’s for the closeted trans woman who just needs to see and hear someone who looks and sounds like her.

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Basil Strawberry Portland, Oregon

Basil Strawberry is the stage name of, and also band name for the multimedia dreamy electronic pop led by, one Basil Jane Stevens. The instrumentation is filled out by Graye Guidotti, Eirinn Gragson, and Eddie Charlton.

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