Hi Our Basement,
“Small Encounters” is a hazy recollection of navigating tumultuous relationships. It is a memory of fleeting, momentary encounters. The loneliness of empty beds nights after. A spectre of drunken nights and small encounters.
It’s also a song about how frequently sexual assault occurs in clubs – public spaces where people should be safe to dance with their friends – and how easily this can be brushed off as being the ‘norm’ in these types of environments.
My best friend was quoting some Islamic scripture and the words “…the company you keep” really stood out to me. No matter what, the people we surround ourselves with affect and influence us. The relationships we choose to have also have consequences and throughout the making of this record, I realized that I was surrounded by people who reeked of toxic masculinity. I’ve since made a point to spend my time with empathetic folx; it’s about being selective with who you let inspire you and who you let into your life, your space.
Part of the “Small Encounters” video was filmed at a local university club and, in somewhat of a juxtaposition, filmed the rest in a church. Engineer William Crann and I recorded the song itself on a sunny spring day in a cabin on Salmon Lake, along with the rest of my third album.
TCYK will be released on June 7th – preorder it on May 1st through my Bandcamp!
Thank you for listening! I’m excited to share TCYK (The Company You Keep) with you soon. 💕
JoJo Worthington ⚡
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Hello. I am looking forward to hearing the rest of this album. I am liking what I have heard so far.
Good morning. Believe it or not I have been up for hours; fasting blood work had to be done today.
How we all made it though our 20’s and how it is even harder to guide my daughter into this time is highlighted in this song and background provided by the artist. Having said that my 20’s were also incredibly exciting and full of growth. I hope my daughters will be as well.
I will be sharing this with my young lady and looking forward to the album release as well.
There is so much I wish I knew in my 20s. I learned a lot the hard way.
It would be great to send our kids out into the world and let them experience it with only the small scrapes and bruises and not the big stuff that one “learns the hard way”.
I was mentioning yesterday the third Patrick Watson show at the Sheep, tonight, the one they slipped in yesterday…
It’s now sold out, same as the other two.
Exclamation marks
(And g’day, however late I may be. Digging in some root-type plants (flowers) that wintered in the basement. Gorgeous day here, if out of the wind and in the sun. Which am I.)
Wow! I sure wish I could go to one of those Patrick Watson shows. I have seen him twice in outdoor festivals, an intimate indoor show would be nice.