Private Time by Sun Kin

Private Time is Sun Kin's 3rd full-length album. It was recorded between November 2018 and July 2019 with an array of guest appearances by independent musicians from around the East Bay.

Many of the stories in Private Time ponder the weight of tradition, the way societal narratives about “how things have always been” can erase a life of possibility. Pressure from Asian immigrant families to accumulate riches, produce children, and cement monogamous partnerships seem ludicrous when stacked up against a world literally falling into the sea in “Small Gestures.”

Like the Man de la Mancha tilting at photocopiers, the narrator of “IDKY” steals time from an office job to make grandiose, anachronistic art in the face of rampant profiteering. In “Boyfriend’s Car,” a codependent couple crashes when both partners rest the weight of their trauma on each other and forget to watch the road.

Tracklist

1.	Prince of Intention	4:16

2.	Boyfriend's Car	5:02

3.	IDKY	4:33

4.	Small Gestures	4:23

5.	Coming Back, Again (feat. Little Arcs)	1:27

6.	Clear, for Once	4:27

7.	Moon-Crane	4:18

8.	Gold Hoops	3:08

Credits

released January 17, 2020

Kabir Kumar - vocals, guitars, synths, bass (on 6, 8), drums & drum programming, percussion, samples
Jake Kopulsky - drum kit, percussion
Geoff Saba - bass (on 1, 3, 7), guitars, synths, vocals, electric vibraphone, shakuhachi
Max Langensiepen - guitars
Tyler English - bass (on 2, 4, 5), guitar, pedal steel
Phil Di Leo - Rhodes, Grand, organ, synths
Sarah Carpenter - vocals (on 1, 3)
Little Arcs (Hannah Levy, Derek Sup, Zach Giberson) - vocals (on 3, 5)
Marissa Dietz (Sucker Crush) - cello, vocals (on 1, 6)
Sasha Reynolds (Fieldress) - vocals (on 2)
Miguel Gallego - lead guitar (on 4)
Michael Orange Julius - glockenspiel
Adam Hirsch - tenor saxophone

Engineered by Adam Hirsch at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA
And by Geoff Saba at Itinerant Home Recordings in Oakland, CA
And by Kabir Kumar in my bedroom
Mixed by Geoff Saba
Mastered by TW Walsh

Photo by Ginger Fierstein
Design by Kabir Kumar & Ana Stoyanova (@rockrosee)

Special thanks to my parents, my Nana, Miguel Gallego, Jacob Kay, Leah Stone, Sarah Goldfarb, Kat Vidt, Styles Munson, Dan Kolpin, Ken Herman, Josh Ginsberg, Sam Anderson, Erik Krasner, Maddy Guzmán, Craig Heed, Chris Daddio, Sivan Lioncub and everyone else who gave me feedback and support through this experience.

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