2009 was a year of excitements and adventures. 2010 was a year of growing up and growing slow. 2011 was a year of turmoil. my mother got diagnosed with cancer, i gave up my beloved motorcycle, and i bought and wrecked the car i’ve been dreaming about since i was a kid.
i heard eisley’s the valley for the first time about four days before i lost the lotus. and i felt so strongly drawn to it that i had to listen to a song every couple hours. i felt like an addict looking for a fix, i just needed to hear it.then, after the accident, i listened to nothing but this album for a solid month and a half. i almost couldn’t stand to listen to anything else.
the valley still has some of that whim and creativity that was in previous albums, but now is imbued with sadness and longing. it speaks to me about a sense of wanting. wanting a brighter past, wanting a hopeful future, wanting something else. just wanting 2012 to get here.
