Should We Go Home Now?

by Naked Lake

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1.	Babygirl 03:48	buy track
2.	Good Mourning 03:11	buy track
3.	Pictures of God 03:58	buy track
4.	9:45 04:41	buy track
5.	Polythene 02:43	buy track
6.	Fairyhouse 02:46	buy track
7.	Under My Skin (feat. Emily Bloom) 04:45	buy track
8.	Aisles 03:00	buy track
9.	Electric 04:24	buy track
10.	Oil Spill 04:26	buy track
11.	Should We Go Home Now? 05:34	buy track

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Trust and transparency are must-haves when wrestling with vulnerability. After years of stage performances and bedroom songwriting, Abbie Painter (they/them) found a new creative partner in Jordan Hartsfield (they/them) shortly after posting their artistic intentions in a Philly DIY Facebook group. Quarantine allowed Abbie to confront their relationship with themselves and their body, coming out as non-binary to close friends in summer, and starting hormones at the start of the school year. This new project would use authenticity and liberation as its cornerstones, grieving former selves and celebrating future comfort zones. After a Zoom introduction and an inaugural practice, Naked Lake was born, bursting forth with geyser-like focus and intention.
Naked Lake’s debut full-length Should We Go Home Now? maps out Abbie’s journey from discomfort to contentment, with lyrics that would come together in less than ten minutes and recording schedules that were a race against time. After writing the album opener “Baby Girl” as a reassuring note to their family, Abbie resolved to frame the album as a timeline of their transition. “I said I wanted to write a song for every month that I’m on testosterone,” they remember. “I wanted to have something to look back on. Even when I listened to early mixes, I got so emotional because I felt someone got it and was there for you no matter how much doubt or instability you’re having.”
The road home is littered with roadblocks, a challenge that the LP seeks to topple and dismantle. “Good Mourning” swishes around pangs of grief and self-medication in the wake of leaving a woman’s body, and Abbie hijacks a Sunday mass to liken a trans-masc form to “Pictures of God.” Across arrangements that dip into the roomy wonders of chamber-pop and harness synth-kissed thunder, self-compassion seeps through the uneasiness of recalling what once was yourself, your home, and your heart. Amid comforting odes to supportive partners (“Polythene”) and constructing self-love out of flimsy building blocks (“Fairyhouse”), curiosity and fearlessness keep emotions at the forefront. By the time the anthemic closer and title track passes its floating sensations off to the listener, Naked Lake has lovingly found themselves a place to land with care and confidence.

Written by James Cassar

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released July 21, 2022

Mixed by Zach Jaworski
Mastered by Heather Jones

Babygirl
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield
Trumpets- Abbie Painter
Good Mourning
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Arik Dayan
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield
Trumpets- Abbie Painter
Voice mail- alan antonelli <3
Partially mixed by zach shectman!
Pictures of God
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Violin- Sarah Marino
Piano- Abbie Painter
9:45
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Xylophone- Abbie Painter
Mandolin- Abbie Painter
Polythene
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Abbie Painter
Violin- Sarah Marino
Fairyhouse
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield

Under my skin
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Featured vocals- Emily Bloomfield (her verse written by her as well)
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield

Aisles
Lyrics - Jordan Hartsfield
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield
Trumpets- Zach Shectman

Electric
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield

Oil Spill
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield

Should We Go Home Now?
Lyrics - Abbie Painter
Vocals- Abbie Painter
Guitar- Jordan Hartsfield
Percussion- Zach Jaworski
Bass- Jordan Hartsfield
Synth- Jordan Hartsfield

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