So what are we dealing with? You, of course, know who you are. At least you have some idea. You know what you like, what you don't like, the friends you have, the family you will always have, this is life. Who is Bones Muhroni? He is not you, let's be honest, he is more me than you, and just like you feel about you, I feel about Bones Muhroni. It is an ever changing concept, my diary, a journal for my friends, a romantic time-keeper, and a stylistic memoir. I started this record in my room and did it all on an 8 track (Thank you Nick Hamlin for letting me borrow it FOR A YEAR!). It gave me a chance to be alone. What was once an 8 piece band had been placed in a strange spot; a new beginning. I could do whatever I wanted. Keep the name, change the name, get a new band together, go solo, go home. In this time of not knowing what to do; I was lent an 8-track. I was able to record myself for the first time. I got out some weird yet personal folk songs out, and I also got to be an engineer for the first time. In the latter half of the year, a new band started to form, and we continued to record in the living room on that same 8-track. At the end of 2016, an entire year of not knowing what I was going to do, I looked down and saw 10 tracks in front of me. I felt relieved, excited, bittersweet and grounded. -J. Crew Rienstra January 14th, 2017 Credits Produced by: Crew Rienstra Bounced & Mixing by: Sam Gabbard Mastered by: Michael Fiore Album Art by: Alyssa Forstmann Photograph taken by: Marina Garijo The Players: Crew Rienstra: Guitars, Keys, Drums, vocals Ryan Wykert: Drums Sam Gabbard: Bass Mac Hill: Lead Guitar Taylor Plenn: Saxophone, Flute Special Thanks: Nick Hamlin for the Boss Machine The El Paridicio Boyz Carlos & Maria Cruz for never once complaining of the strange sounds coming from below their apartment. & thank you listeners. Grounded 2017