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Listen to the opening track of my new album now

Published 10 months ago • 1 min read

Happy Friday, all,

“Of Framingham,” the opening track to my new album Ripples of the Past, is now available to stream everywhere. Listen to it now and check out my first-ever visualizer (we’re not calling it a music video, but I guess you could if you really wanted to) for the song below—a montage of clips featuring two-year-old me.

video preview​

This is the final song I’ll be sharing with you before the full Ripples of the Past album release on September 12. You can preorder the album now (and download all five pre-release singles I’ve previewed thus far immediately) on digital download and limited edition CD. Lyrics are below.

[Verse 1]
Daylight
Taking accounting of a past life
If weather doesn’t cause a late blight
I know I’ll see you some someday
​
[Verse 2]
Longing
Painting with colors of the dawning
If you can hear notes from these heartstrings
I know I’ll see you some someday
​
[B-Section 1]
Like the right book from a shelf
Always looking for myself
But does myself ever find me?
And the axiom’s quite strange
That people grow and people change
When they’re often stationary
​
[Verse 3]
Answers
We seldom ever get the answers
But when the stillness gives me a gesture
I know I’ll see you some, some someday
​
[B-Section 2]
Like the right book from a shelf
Always looking for myself
But does myself ever find me?
And it’s really not complex
I don’t call and you don’t text
But I still care for you madly

I recently got to talk with the e-magazine Aldora Britain Records about the project, my background and influences, and my thoughts on the future of the music industry. You can check out that interview here, starting on page 15.

As always, if anything I’m doing resonates with you, I appreciate you sharing it far and wide.

Talk real soon,

- Ray

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Ray Curenton

Cultural worker. Nashville songwriter. A little bit folk, a little bit R&B. 🏳️‍🌈 he/him Subscribe to my newsletter and check out links to my music and other projects below!

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