On this new record, Deadhorse is trying to catch back up to a world that is in heavy transition, as well as explore our ability to create music after many years of not writing anything. While extremely minimalist in nature from beginning to end, we want listeners to know that Crescendo isn’t a new direction for us, but rather an isolated collection of intentionally minimal arrangements that are inspired by the current downward spiral of modern civilization. With all that’s happening in the world, it felt appropriate to get quiet and create something in response to the current madness. Everywhere you turn, be it global, national, local, personal – there are wars all around us that seem to be building more and more with each passing day. We are a people divided, a culture at odds with itself, a world looking for a new direction. The dissonance is only fueled in our daily interactions and it feels as if we’re headed to a final crescendo – not in an apocalyptic sense – but one where we see that we have no one and nothing to blame but ourselves for ending up here. You are not going to find songs that are full bodied and overflowing with content. We are overwhelmed with content each and every day, and we wanted this to feel like the opposite of that. There is a time and a place for big, but not here. You also won’t be listening to background sounds. This isn’t an ambient soundscape meant to soothe, but rather to reflect. It feels like you’re just standing in a hot shower with your eyes closed internally screaming at the top of your lungs while the water gently runs down your face. This is an album that comes from a place of exhaustion, a place of confusion. Crescendo is an album that comes from a place of defeat, fear, and anger. These songs are politically charged, emotionally driven, and biased to the direction of the following statements: Against the destruction of our planet and our environment. Against the needless slaughter of innocent creatures of all species. Against the imperialism of all modern nations for global dominance and influence. Against the separation of society by means of race, religion, class, and sexual orientation. Against the hastened march our civilization is taking towards it’s own destructive demise. Against the staggering inequality between the have’s and the have not’s. Against bigotry, racism, sexism, classism, speciesism. All songs written and recorded in Winter 2016 in Erie, PA Masted by Sam Stauff at Port City Recordings Art Direction & Layout by Flesh & Bone Design