The Last Remaining Light

by Far Caspian

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Joe Snyder What a collection of dream pop gems. I was hooked from the first song until the last. Have it on repeat as I go about my day in this 100 degree weather. I am so glad to come across it and is on my shortlist for album of the year. Thank you for this beautiful gift!

Yining Fan A strong way to build up the album's vibe and emphasize the artist's creative process for this specific album. Favorite track: Commuter Repeating.

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1.	Commuter Repeating 04:40	lyrics	buy track
How do you follow that When you’re used up off the track? How do you follow that When you’re used up off the track? Used up off the track How do you fall and laugh? I feel different from the crash How do you fall and laugh? I feel different from the crash So different from the crash Tell me all your worst days Tell me all the worst things How do you follow that When you're used up off the track? How do you follow that When youre used up off the track?
2.	The Last Remaining Light 03:08	lyrics	buy track
I felt like I came here All there is, soon to fall Call me back when you’re there Left my arms off the soul Bury me beside her Fill me up with the soil I’ve been chasing after Bound to crush all that’s ours And it falls all the again Beaten in the hall Forbidden sense And it’s beaten to the wall No use anymore Getting by alone And the difference said it Last, Rites The last remaining light For my head to realise Oh you tell, like it sounds And the final bell rings out
3.	Arbitrary Task 02:16	lyrics	buy track
Falling heavy, softly By the week They leave parts on the street Commute, Repeat Find me, ‘til I can’t fall down Slow speed ahead, the breeze In a way it feels nice And the days go by Stop in life alone Read and write alone Days, never much to say But it I long to be Somewhere I could sleep I long to be Somewhere I could sleep
4.	Choice 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Something beside her Never find the words to say But even if I never found them I would choose to be here anyway No reason for it Just need some time Get up early morning I would choose to be here for my days No reason for it Just a moment in a day Even if it’s pouring I would choose to be here for always You make it contagious Oh even if I could try Or got my hopes up for nothing I would choose to live here for my days Nevermind, never mindful
5.	Answer 03:27	lyrics	buy track
Breathe in, breathe out into the fire It’s only there when I call, for once You know I never meant to hurt it But it just seems to go that way Find alone Read the room better next time Oh, to feel alone with you If I could only answer Relate atmosphere Begin before I wake up Realise my fear Clear my thoughts for all of you Tell me now what's true I find it hard to know the difference When I’m with you
6.	First Warning Shot 04:49	lyrics	buy track
You hear the voice As clear as day Begin to break, alone So terrified Believe in God But still I run away Find it down Stop inside your own head Down, so down Find this in your own head You hear the shot Begin again It’s like you’ve always known We take the back Like when we’re young You had to let it stay Find it down Stop inside your own head Down, so down Find this in your own head
7.	Own 04:59	lyrics	buy track
Something inside the way I feel To find it, calling out for something more to life ‘Nothing I don’t ever need, to call the spirit out And now, water full of time How does it feel to be out on your own? Who is there to call when time, on it’s own pushes forth? And you see parts of this taken off Holding in silence way too long Throw your hands up Breathe in before you lose control What's that I said? Those simple words Finding answers But it goes around this way down How does it feel to be out on your own? Checking out the things you thought you would know How does it feel to be out on your own? Checking out the things you swore you would know
8.	Pet Architect 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Paired with all internal weight He reads all the terms of a diagnosis Lent it all to red blood tests Exhale as you want Seems it won't let up for a while Now it seems, when you’re falling down Believe it or not, something could come from out Finding peace, whenever you’re not ‘round Anything you like? What's the use in trying How could I keep holding on? Read it in the books, other side is gone How could I keep holding on? Every time I feel, the hope is gone How could I keep holding on? All the pain that’s felt, ends up in control How could I keep holding on? Again I find myself just trying to find out how I’m strong
9.	Cyril 04:26	lyrics	buy track
John, I’m lost Falling down Levels tossed Efforts drowned My mother, chasing me ‘round Thea Belle knows not how We feel so down All I could say, so far from Pull out my brains, let it be done Grandad is here, keeping me warm You’ve all I want – Morning All I think falls off We feel so down
10.	Pool 04:18	lyrics	buy track
I could drown in this pool Close my eyes in full bloom Bleeding out, sunken doubt Fight my tongue, you’re the best that I found And I fall in

about

I started writing for album 2 the day after I handed in the mixes for 'Ways To Get Out'. I felt exhausted from trying to piece together the first album but when it was done I was inspired to start the next thing and learn from my mistakes. I knew straight away that I wanted to write a 10 track-40 minute album after making a long debut.

I moved into a derelict basement in the city centre and got inspired by the daily commute. Commuter repeating was written on the first day of moving in and the last remaining light followed the next day. I had forgotten to bring my headphone adapter on those first sessions so the drums on those songs were recorded without a click. You can hear them slow down and sped up throughout the first song. I think that works really well as it feels a bit hectic and unorganised. Very similar to my view of the city in the mornings.

This approach led me to keep the mindset of not chasing perfection. Instead, I decided to only record my parts once or twice and keep that initial hesitation. I moved out of the studio after recording was finished and moved my studio back into my loft for mixing. I bought a Tascam 244 4 track the year before to demo on but was gathering dust in the corner of the room so I thought I'd get it going again. Most of the elements in the tracks were printed to cassette and back into Logic. It was pretty cathartic to send a nice recording into the Tascam and destroy it with tape saturation.

Throughout the final part of recording and mixing I was listening to alot of The Microphones and Brian Eno. On every trip into the studio I'd listen to 'Discreet Music' by Brian Eno. And the experimental nature of Phil Elverum's music encouraged me to be comfortable in the imperfections. I think with this album I'm starting to become comfortable with myself and my art and I'm looking forward to expanding on the next record.

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released July 14, 2023

Written, Recorded, Produced & Mixed by Joel Johnston
Mastered by Felix Davis

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Far Caspian Leeds, UK

Far Caspian is the project of singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Joel Johnston. Choosing to record with a DIY approach - recording, playing and mixing everything himself - his sound is a deftly combined blend of chiming guitars, rich harmonic melodies and crisp rhythms. ... more