“And is this not the purpose of creation? To wade into the depths of one’s being and unearth hidden truths? Through this work, I realized there will always be uncharted territories waiting to be discovered—an ever-unfolding journey of the self.”
Sawyer Gebauer
With It’ll Be Gone for a Little While, Oakland artist Sawyer Gebauer is consciously unfolding a new version of his artistic self, venturing beyond the alternative folk of Catch Prichard into ambient music. It is not always peaceful and pleasing; much of this is dark, taut, and muffling, suggesting a psychic tension that remains unresolved. This is intentional: Gebauer says he wants to play with fragmentation—and maybe even contradiction. Composed of synthesized sounds, piano, guitar, and guest-performed saxophone and clarinet, the album is a slow-moving soundtrack to our world and all the other worlds with which it overlaps.
For more ambient music exploring the act of creation, check out the other two new releases from Inner Islands: Generation / Harvest by Channelers and Wide Ranging Rider by Colorado artist Golden Brown.
