Pedro The Lion - Havasu '2022

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       Lake Havasu Is A Community Of Winding Hillside Roads, Launched In The
1960s Alongside A Brick-For-Brick Rebuild Of The Original London Bridge.
“It’s This Very Synthetic, Gimmicky Place Set In This Soulful,
Desolate Landscape,” Laughs Pedro The Lion’s David Bazan, Who Moved
To The Arizona City For One Year In Seventh Grade. Bazan Collected His Earliest
Childhood Experiences For 2019’S Phoenix, The Prolific Artist’s
Celebrated Return To The Pedro Moniker And The First In A Planned Series Of Five
Records Chronicling His Past Homes. To Write Its Sequel, Bazan Traveled To
Havasu Four Times Over Several Years, Driving Past His Junior High Campus, A
Magical Skating Rink, And Other Nostalgic Locations That Evoked Feelings Long
Suppressed. “An Intersection I Hadn’t Remembered For 30 Years Would
Trigger A Flood Of Hidden Memories,” He Says. “I Was There To Soak
In It As Much As Possible.” Driving The Inscrutable Loops Of
Havasu’s Lakeside, Bazan Listened Through An Audiobook Of Tom
Petty’s Biography, Eventually Dialoguing With Petty’s Voice In His
Mind. A Revelation From The Book—That Petty Subconsciously Wrote The Song
“Wildflowers” As An Act Of Kindness Toward Himself—Inspired
Bazan To Approach His Own Work With Radical Generosity Toward His Young Self.
“I Wanted To Be There For That Kid,” He Offers. “That Twelve
Year Old Still Needs Parenting, And Still Needs To Process.” To Revisit
His Past With Openness, Bazan Modified Harmful Work Habits He’d Accepted
As Necessary. That Meant Doing Away With Deadlines, And Accumulating Moments Of
Play As He Felt Moved To—“Rather Than Squeezing Stones Every Single
Time. I’m On A Slow Journey Away From That,” He Clarifies. As He
Worked Through The Music That Became Havasu, Flexibility And Curiosity Informed
The Arrangements. Bazan Began Writing On A Simple Synthesizer And Drum Machine
Setup. He Detoured To A More Elaborate Assortment Of Analog Electronic
Equipment, Then Woodshed His Original Two-Handed Keyboard Arrangements On
Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar. Concurrently Relearning His Catalog For A Weekly
Series Of Livestream Concerts Also Renewed His Gratitude Toward Songwriting.
“I Was Trying To Evaluate What I Have To Show For 20 Years Of Kicking My
Own Ass,” Bazan Quips About The Strenuousness Of Full-Time Touring.
“But The Garden Of My Songs Is What I’ve Been Building. It
Doesn’t Have To Be An Ego Test.”

1.01 - Pedro The Lion - Don't Wanna Move (4:03)
1.02 - Pedro The Lion - Too Much (3:29)
1.03 - Pedro The Lion - First Drum Set (5:18)
1.04 - Pedro The Lion - Teenage Sequencer (4:17)
1.05 - Pedro The Lion - Own Valentine (3:18)
1.06 - Pedro The Lion - Making the Most of It (3:57)
1.07 - Pedro The Lion - Old Wisdom (3:22)
1.08 - Pedro The Lion - Stranger (4:33)
1.09 - Pedro The Lion - Good Feeling (4:46)
1.10 - Pedro The Lion - Lost Myself (2:38) 

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