Invent Yourself Remastered, by Chris Oliver & Zachary Biggs

Invent Yourself Remastered

by Chris Oliver & Zachary Biggs

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	1.	Not Alone 02:07
	2.	Everyday's New Breath 02:56
	3.	The Dream Of Love Between Us 02:04
	4.	Something Unreal Part One 02:39
	5.	We Are One 01:14
	6.	Virtuous Man 01:36
	7.	Every Moment 01:54
	8.	I've Been Sold To It All 01:57
	9.	The Flower That Smiles Today 02:22
	10.	Backwards To The Future 01:44
	11.	Something Unreal Part Two 03:07
	12.	To Jane, An Invitation 02:24
	13.	Invent Yourself 08:04
	14.	Gateway To Forever 01:18
	15.	Welcome To Dreamland 02:04
	16.	She Bought Me A 40 01:17
	17.	Toast Of The Town 01:27
	18.	Rain Forest 02:24
	19.	Pleasure And Pain 02:03
	20.	The Last Movement 01:58
	21.	Invent Yourself Jr. 02:31
	22.	Ballroom Dancing 01:38
	23.	I'm Not Yet A Ghost 03:41

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"Invent Yourself" represents a growth both musically and stylistically from the two albums that preceded it, yet also has a light-hearted and youthfully idealistic quality that differentiates it from the albums that followed. The title is taken from two different sources - a Syd Barrett biography and a Jack Kerouac documentary, where it is said that both they and artists in general "invent themselves". Released in the early days of social media, it's also the first album that people responded to beyond our immediate circle of friends. The title song divides the album in half, with the first half containing vocal songs and the second instrumental, similar in sequence to John Frusciante's album "Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt" & "Low"by David Bowie. Although not conceived that way, it seemed appropriate when we chose the track order.

Recorded when we still mailed 4-track cassette mixes back and forth for overdubs, through remastering we have returned the sound quality to something closer to what was originally envisioned, before tape hiss and cassette mixdowns muddied the end product. Of all the albums from this era, "Invent Yourself" is probably the one that stands out the most.

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released April 2, 2021

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