We'll be hosting pre-release listening parties for Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) in jaimie's two favorite cities in the coming weeks. It serves as a potent reminder of the vitality and virtuosity of branch, a love letter sent from the beyond by a beloved artist and friend.ĪLBUM LISTENING PARTIES NEW YORK AUGUST 9th CHICAGO AUGUST 17th Like its predecessors, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is an astonishing collision of vibrant color and seismic energy of cosmic contemplation and skinned-knee physicality of epic ambition and comedic comedown.
Every time we take a listen, we feel the deep imprint of her all over the music, and we see all of us making it together.”
MADLIB ELSEWHERE BROOKLYN FULL
jaimie wanted this album to be lush, grand and full of life, just as she was. For this, jaimie wanted to play with longer forms, more modulations, more noise, more singing, and as always, grooves and melodies. Far bigger and more demanding - for us, and for you - than any other Fly or Die record.
The minute you told her she couldn’t do something, or that something would be too difficult to accomplish, the more determined and focused she became. Their goal was to do what jaimie would have done.įrom the album's liner notes, written by her bandmates St Louis, Ajemian, and Taylor: Louis, Jason Ajemian, and Chad Taylor), and her collaborators at International Anthem banded together to gather memories, texts, emails, photographs, artwork, and fragments belonging to jaimie to finish the record. In the months following, her family (led by her sister Kate Branch), her bandmates ( Lester St. When branch passed on August 22, 2022, the album was near complete, with only mixing tweaks, final titles, and artwork to be finalized. LP, CD & Digital album out August 25th, 2023įly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) was recorded in April 2022 during jaimie branch’s artist residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska.
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