Tender / Wading by M. Sage

Tender / Wading finds Matthew Sage, aka M. Sage, in the foothills and pastures of Colorado, writing, recording, and returning to a patch of his homeland and identity, one act of sympathetic care informing the next. Constructed primarily on piano and clarinet, and then embellished with guitar, modular synthesizer, percussion, and field recordings captured around the perimeter of his home, the album is a sweeping, serene vision of vitality, radical softness, and the reassuring sense of coming home, even if home has changed.

Tracklist

1.	The Garden Spot	1:52

2.	Witch Grass	4:36

3.	Chinook	2:52

4.	Wading the Plain	3:29

5.	Open Space Properties	8:40

6.	Telegraph Weed Waltz	3:53

7.	Fracking Starlite	6:58

8.	Field House Deer (Mice)	5:00

9.	Tender of Land	5:46

Credits

released September 26, 2025

Matthew Sage: instruments, arrangements, atmosphere

Hamilton Upright Piano, Yamaha Bb Clarinet, Modular Synthesizers, Moog Matriarch, Crumar Mojo, Korg Opsix, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Accordion, Percussion, Field Recordings

Recorded on the Colorado Front Range, 2022-2023, at Cached Studios (Berthoud, Colorado)
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung Mastering (Bonn, Germany)
Vinyl cut by John Golden at Golden Mastering (Ventura, California)

Cover sculpture and photography by Matthew Sage
Design by Will Work For Good

Thanks to: Home. Lynette & MC. M+P. Nathan Epperson. Zander Raymond. Joseph Yonker. Fuubutsushi. Matt Werth + RVNG.

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