Human Potential, the musical project of Andrew Becker, returned with new album, I Write Wedding Songs, on November 15, via What Delicate Recordings.
“Ruts” is a standout single from the album with a raw and artful approach, with an expansive widescreen nature and style of production that delivers a sprawling and epic sonic texture with equal parts feeling of unease as much as beautiful moments of hope.
As he puts it:
This song started as a quick jam between my friend (and former Screens singer) Breck Brunson and I, which subsequently sat in stasis for a while. Then, one weekend last summer, I was dosed at a wake for a friend’s 17-year old Shetland pony, after which I quickly returned home. Between the roaring echoes of my grandmother’s one-eyed pet parrot, a half eaten ham sandwich that would not stop simpering and the unfettered, existential dread I had been feeling about various socio-geo-political crises that seemed to weigh on my particularly heavily that day, I managed to corral a song together that, to me, synthesized the disparate insanities that gripped me. In an unaltered state, I was able to fine tune the idea and bring it back down to Earth. Intended to be added to playlists for apocalypse parties. Enjoy!
Enjoy a listen to the track now below and find the entire album available to stream + buy at Bandcamp.
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