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Mastered by Slowdive’s Simon Scott, Everett is the second full length album from body / negative, the solo project of Andy Schiaffino.
The album’s eight tracks were developed in collaboration with peers from the experimental ambient community. Notably, Madeline Johnston, under the moniker Midwife, co-produced tracks "sleepy,” “ataraxia,” and the titular “everett.” Sleepy also incorporates field recordings from Randall Taylor, the Portland-based artist who performs under Amulets. “persimmon,” the album’s sixth track, is joined by Justin Maranga of Dune Altar Records and Lionel Williams (Vinyl Williams). Persimmon was later co-produced and mixed by Megan Searl, an audio engineer who has worked with Lana Del Rey and Atticus Ross.
The album was initially set to be recorded in Midwife’s studio in Las Cruces, New Mexico, however, tragedy befell when Andy's father fell terminally ill. As a result, most of the album was written and recorded while Andy looked after their father in hospice. The work is tinged with themes of love and loss, echoing the sentiments of body / negative’s last opus, Fragments, from 2020. The artist dedicates Everett – in its entirety – to their late mother and father.
credits
released December 8, 2023
Special thanks to:
My collaborators - Madeline Johnston, Justin Maranga, Dawood Nadurath, Randall Taylor, Sebastian Rivasplata Schiaffino, Lionel Williams, Mark Towner Williams, and Megan Searl.
My rocks - Megan Henderson, Angel Mendoza, Robert Herrera, Justin Maranga, Jessica Hinckel, Hannah Megan, and Owen West.
and lastly - the humans these songs were written about (unnamed).
urban loneliness. surrounded by people but completely empty. losing your sense of self until someone comes into your life as if sent from heaven and your past completely melts away. its beautiful. a must have for my collection. skeletalsexing
Portland shoegaze that plays, as the best representatives of the genre do, with huge, hollow atmosphere against intimate observations. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2016
Excellent post-rock band Airships on the Water return with a blissful new single that rises and falls like the tide. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 7, 2025
This is most definitely her most conceptual or narrative work. Promise Ring reminds me of a more foggy version of Tempest by Ethel Cain, a spiritual predecessor in other terms. vonbroz