Rain Machine by Rick Foot

A collection of warmly cynical songs about the insanities of modern life, released in 2016.

Most of these songs fell out of the sky in the year prior to release.

I've been making a living from playing the double bass for over twenty years, starting in jazz and abstract improvised music and slowly gravitating towards understated acoustic singer-songwriter territory. As a bassist this has invariably meant accompanying other people, so it's a surprise to have ended up with a collection of songs which seem to demand that I perform them on my own.

Arnie Cottrell plays guitar on Start Again and I Don't Want to Live Forever; otherwise, what you get is me, principally on double bass and voice with some additional cello (on Too Many Monkeys and When It Rains), guitar (on Monkeys and Sleep) and noise (throughout).

Tracklist

1.	broke the weather	5:11

2.	waiting for the show	4:00

3.	start again	3:41

4.	the end of the world was last thursday	0:20

5.	dreams of noah	4:06

6.	everything turns beige	3:57

7.	aren't you glad?	4:04

8.	I don't want to live forever	3:29

9.	too many monkeys	3:12

10.	horses	4:33

11.	when it rains	4:05

12.	don't go to sleep	4:57

Credits

released November 26, 2020

Rick Foot: double bass, voice, cello, guitar, noise.
Arnie Cottrell: guitar on tracks 3 & 8

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