What Was Album

With the 10th anniversary of Curious Automata coming up in March of this year (2023), I think it's time to clear out the archives a bit. This is a collection of misfits, whose tone didn't match the projects for which they were intended. Also, in the spirit of moving on, all the tracks on this album are released under a Creative Commons Attribution license so anyone can use them as they see fit.

"Broken Tree" was improvised after my favorite shade tree was split in a late spring storm in 2017. It was previously released as a rough cut for my Bandcamp subscribers but it's much prettier and has been edited for time here. I think it still captures my mood as I waited to see if the tree survived, though.

Tracks 2-12 were all recorded during the two sessions for 2018's "We Were". Those were during the end of my marriage, so they were a bit of an art therapy project as I went through a divorce. I wrote a list of things to , then improvised around each idea. For the original album, I decided to lean toward the positive tracks, so the remaining ones here have a bit darker tilt.

I hope you enjoy these moody leftovers, and thanks for listening.

-Vic
credits
released January 2, 2023

Vic Dillahay - Guitars

Track 1 recorded on May 18th, 2017
Tracks 2, 4, 6, and 8 recorded on March 30th, 2018
Tracks 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, and 12 recorded on April 19th, 2018
All tracks recorded in Fort Collins, Colorado.