Architecture (Demolition)

by Ian Marquis

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1.	Aphasia 01:45	buy track
2.	Ten Dollar Bottle 03:51	buy track
3.	Lay Low 03:53	buy track
4.	Awaiting Snowmelt 05:08	buy track
5.	Filthy Little Secret 04:36	buy track
6.	Empty and Living 06:26	buy track
7.	Push Me Under 04:33	buy track
8.	Left Down Inside 06:53	buy track
9.	Untied 05:17	buy track
10.	Faith in Glass 03:51	buy track
11.	Give Me A Chance 04:10	buy track
12.	The Proof Is 04:28	buy track
13.	Coming to Me 04:40	buy track
14.	House of Cards 05:46	buy track
15.	Alter Ego 03:26	buy track

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In 2005, I was sick and tired of writing songs "in the box" and programming everything straight into my DAW. I'd been picking at the electric guitar for a few years, but I wasn't recording it - I didn't really know how. I'd tried workarounds (including playing something on guitar, then sitting down to program it note-by-note as a piano or synth line), but it just wasn't cutting it.

That summer, I flew down to Washington, DC to spend a couple of weeks with a close cousin of mine. A day or so in, we started noodling around on an acoustic guitar, and less than an hour later we were recording (intentionally) horrible music for laughs. Then, when I flew back home, I just sort of ... started recording my guitar playing. I did some things backwards (like the time I laid down a guitar track without a click and tried to match the drums to it), but eventually I started to find my groove.

This album collects songs from three demo releases I did in 2005-2006. The first (Behind Closed Doors) was a dense, sludgy, low-fi affair using only guitar tuned to Drop-C with flatwound strings. The second (Waiting for Something Else) was where I began to rediscover my love of sparkle and texture. The third (Shiver) is when I really started to experiment with my arrangements.

Architecture: Demolition represents me finding myself as a guitarist, and discovering the ways I could integrate my playing into actual arrangements. It's by turns experimental, noisy, meandering, occasionally too drawn-out, and often unbalanced - but I think it's pretty magical all the same. I hope you enjoy this second slice of my journey.

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released July 29, 2020

Written, recorded, and produced by Ian Marquis.

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Ian Marquis Portland, Maine

My songs are tiny ecosystems: self-sustaining, self-contained, intricate, and densely layered. I'm captivated by found sound and immaculate production. I sample my own work. I chop up my guitars and create arrangements I could never have played. I treat my voice like an instrument, pushing and pulling it in otherworldly directions. I polish each track until, sonically, it feels like it sparkles. ... more

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