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Flowers

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1.
Play It Like Your Momma Just Died (Intro) 01:12
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If That's What You Wanted 01:55
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3.
Knock Out My Teeth 02:56
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In My New Home 01:33
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5.
Who Knew? 02:09
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Hey, Honey. 02:55
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When You Give Someone Flowers, You Arrange Them Beforehand, Don't You? 05:55
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Are You Okay? (Outro) 01:02
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about

Flowers are a funny thing, in that you receive them when you accomplish something extraordinary, when you join your life with someone else’s, when you lose someone close to you, and ultimately, when the world loses you. Life is unflinchingly unpredictable (in ways both good and bad), and trying to wrap my head around why things happen the way they do is a fool’s errand. As my hair goes grayer and my memories gain new wrinkles, so does my appreciation grow for everything around me, in the face of all things awful and unfortunate. Like a flower through pavement, I try to find the sunshine.

This album is almost entirely a reflection on the loss of important people in my life. It’s also in many ways about processing how unreal everything feels a lot of the time, and how the past several years have been the weirdest dream I’ve never woken up from. One day you’re a kid and next thing you know, you look up and your mom is gone.

The majority of these songs were written in the past year, with one exception that dates back a little further. This album has been sitting on my hard drive in mostly complete fashion for about half a year now. I considered waiting to release it when I had time to make a music video, or when I had the money to have some more professional hands work some magic on it. With that said, having a GuestHouse project be that polished in a way feels like a betrayal of the band’s inherent character. Albeit a little messy, this feels like what it should be.

The songs here are some of the best I’ve ever written, and if I never released another song again, I’d probably feel just fine.

With all that said, I hope you enjoy the music, maybe have yourself a good cry, and in the spirit of my mom, don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers sometimes.

Best,

Shawn <3

3/11/23

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released March 11, 2023

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