When I Cross It Off, by Max Bien Kahn

When I Cross It Off

by Max Bien Kahn

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releases July 7, 2023

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1.	Trouble
2.	List 03:55	lyrics	buy track
I made a list of things to do I should have guessed, it’s nothing new I did the same thing I always do It’s nothing I can add anything I want I can add anything I want I can add anything i want Baby, I will When I cross When I cross it off I feel brand new Are you impressed by my list? It gets so long and it takes a twist I can think of so many things to do You can add anything you want, baby You can add anything you want, baby You can add anything you want Baby, if you will When I cross When I cross it off I feel brand new I feel I can do it all I found my name on the list I wonder who’s been keeping track There’s no way that I am looking back It’s nothing I could use just a little more time I could use just a little more time I could use just a little more time It goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on Its goes on When I cross When I cross it off I feel brand new I feel I can do it all
3.	Run 02:41	lyrics	buy track
It’s happening again It’s happening again Spend all my time chasing Waste all my time I can be your friend I can be your friend Can’t be your lover, baby Just a part-time lover maybe I’m not looking for love The farther you run The farther you look behind And now you’re gone Now you’re gone I’m not looking for love
4.	Had
5.	Lose
6.	Morning
7.	Afternoon
8.	Evening
9.	Tie Me Up
10.	Death Dance

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When I Cross it Off is an album about big things and little things - - grief, heartbreak, new love, sex, making coffee, walking dogs, and getting through your day, one task at a time. Bien Kahn approaches universal themes like processing loss and falling in love with a sense of levity that reveals an underlying wisdom: in the wake of grief, ultimately it's the embracing of the little, everyday pleasures that brings happiness back into your life. As such, this album was made more so for dancing than quiet contemplation - - with shakers, tambourines, and bongos featuring heavily alongside lap steel, organ, vocal harmonies, and the occasional horn section. Enlisting frequent collaborator Duff Thompson to co-produce alongside him, Bien Kahn employed minimal gear to create a live sound peppered with experimental tones, designed to bring some levity and rhythm into the listener's life, too.

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releases July 7, 2023

Written by Max Bien Kahn
Produced by Max Bien Kahn & Duff Thompson
Engineered & Mixed by Duff Thompson
Mastered by Paul Oldham
Artwork by Rae Buleri
Layout by Julia Narveson
Recorded May 2019 - March 2020 in New Orleans
Additional overdubs recorded Fall 2021 by Ross Farbe (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7)

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