Locked Down in New York, by Means and Ways

Locked Down in New York

by Means and Ways

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1.	apple blackberry pie 00:45	buy track
2.	follow your heart 02:27	buy track
3.	i'm alive 02:46	buy track
4.	tomorrow's sunshine 03:58	buy track
5.	caught in the middle 04:30	buy track
6.	jackson heights 04:14	buy track
7.	sea shanty 01:56	buy track
8.	world from my window 03:28	buy track
9.	moment has left 02:26	buy track
10.	you mean the world to me 02:37	buy track
11.	don't seem real to me 03:53	buy track
12.	everywhere i go 02:06	buy track
13.	nothing new under the sun 03:44	buy track
14.	mama told you 02:49	buy track
15.	cardamom 03:22	buy track
16.	was this me? 02:01	buy track
17.	surely we must change 04:44	buy track
18.	live my life 04:28	buy track
19.	jesus come on 03:28	buy track
20.	already there 04:26	buy track
21.	exit now 04:54	buy track
22.	all the same 03:16	buy track
23.	on the other side 04:54	buy track
24.	silhouette 02:24	buy track
25.	standing on a chessboard 02:27	buy track
26.	when i'm older 04:43	buy track
27.	wanted to believe 04:46	buy track
28.	looking for heaven 04:26	buy track
29.	now is enough 03:36	buy track
30.	running in place 04:01	buy track
31.	how not to disappear 02:39	buy track
32.	seize the moment 03:41	buy track
33.	orchard street 02:48	buy track
34.	in a forest in the cold 03:07	buy track
35.	a good man 02:52	buy track
36.	north sea will do 01:04	buy track

about

the day the pandemic started to feel real for me, the band had a gig in greenpoint. this was in march 2020, the same day that large gatherings were banned.

it was eerie. the headliner didn't show up. we weren't sure if we should be there either. we tried to feign normalcy, but it was impossible avoid talking (or worrying) about the elephant in the room. from what i remember, we played a decent show, and our crowd was definitely not a large gathering.

later that night, with the tvs at the bar playing the evening news, it felt like my normal life was disintegrating into some weird nightmare. despite all my hoping, the pandemic was absolutely going to happen in new york like it was happening in other parts of the world.

in the coming weeks and months (and years), i wrote songs. they gave me purpose and let me have fun creatively during some difficult times. this collection is those songs.

at one time, i had hoped to workshop some of these songs into a 'finished' record. but it would be hard to work on them at this point without thinking of cuomo snacks, disinfected groceries, or rapid tests. i'm proud of what i did, and i'm ready to close the chapter on this era of songs and be open to whatever comes next.

thanks for listening, and i hope you enjoy!

quinn

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released June 16, 2023

written & recorded by quinn mongeon at home in brooklyn ny

music on tracks 11 & 12 co-written with peter debartolo

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