Spilling Open by Joey Reyes
"Spilling Open” captures the liminal, hypnotic, and synesthetic memories from cellist Joey Reyes’ childhood as he dozed off at his mother’s orchestra rehearsals, colors and music swirling in his head.
“Mom pushed me to pick up the cello when I was five, and urged me to stick with it. I recorded ‘Spilling Open’ in the concert hall where she learned to play violin as a little girl. At it's core, this album is the closing of a circuit - an artistic cycle between a mother and son.”
The album’s first half is solo cello and electronics, weaving a tapestry from the private vulnerability and weight that instruments carry across generations. To help carry that weight, Reyes enlists friends and collaborators for the album’s second half - Central Texas treasures Thor Harris (Thor & Friends, Swans), Lindsey Verrill & Jeff Johnston (Little Mazarn), Bill Baird, and Rodolfo Smith-Villarreal III & Neil Lord (Future Museums).
Credits:
Recording, engineering, and production - Bill Baird
Additional recording - Neil Lord and Thor Harris
Mastering - Andrew Weathers
Album Artwork - Andrea Gottardy
Instrumentation
Joey Reyes, cello, electronics, and kalimba
Rodolfo Smith-Villarreal III (drums) and Neil Lord (guitar and Rhodes piano) on Skyline Drive
Thor Harris (percussion, baritone horn, lowest wurli possible) and Bill Baird (magnetetractys) on Cumulative Layout Shift
Lindsey Verrill (bass synth and flute) and Jeff Johnston (harmonium and musical saw) on Deep Rest
Special thanks to Travis Weller and Jad Fair.
Deepest love to Tessa Baker, Nancy Reyes, Nestor Reyes, and Mike Reyes.
Dedicated to Mom and Dad
Tracklist
| 1. | Hackberry I | 5:37 |
| 2. | Hackberry II | 7:01 |
| 3. | Spilling Open | 7:50 |
| 4. | Skyline Drive | 6:31 |
| 5. | Cumulative Layout Shift | 7:44 |
| 6. | Deep Rest | 6:16 |
