{"product_id":"stewart-macie-when-the-distance-is-blue","title":"Macie Stewart: When The Distance Is Blue - VINYL LP","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhen The Distance Is Blue\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMacie Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eInternational Anthem\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eVINYL LP\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e634457198289\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eJazz\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025-03-21\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         When the Distance is Blue is Macie Stewart's International Anthem debut. The Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser describes the collection as \"a love letter to the moments we spend in-between\"-a letter realized via an intentional return to piano, her first instrument and the origin of her creative expression. Here Stewart creates a striking and cinematic work through collages of prepared piano, field recordings, and string quartet compositions, one that gives shape to a transient universe all it's own while tracing the line of her musical past, full circle. Long-heralded in musician circles for her versatility, Stewart stands as a distinguished, go-to collaborator across genre and style, with a collaborative CV that reads like a dream year-end list-performing strings for Makaya McCraven or Japanese Breakfast; singing harmonies with Tweedy; arranging for Alabaster DePlume, Resavoir, Mannequin Pussy, or SZA; co-leading the jagged art-rock experimentation of Finom, her duo with songwriter Sima Cunningham. This varied-yet-distinct sound has led to a name recognition that goes beyond the devoted liner note enthusiast. When the Distance is Blue finds her gathering those threads and focusing those sensibilities into a contemplative 8-piece song cycle with help from noted collaborators Lia Kohl, Whitney Johnson (Matchesse), and Zach Moore. The result is an album with a musical lexicon which lands somewhere between Alvin Curran's Songs and Views from the Magnetic Garden and Claire Rousay's A Softer Focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 I Forget How To Remember My Dreams (ft. Lia Kohl) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Tsukiji \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Murmuration\/Memorization \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Spring Becomes You, Spring Becomes New \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Stairwell (Before and After) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 What Fills You Up Won’t Leave an Empty Cup \u003cbr\u003e1.7 In Between \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Disintegration\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Macie Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41481787015239,"sku":"44964207","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4406302-3327987_812ca806-7bf8-480e-972c-6927a73ca300.jpg?v=1739570541","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/stewart-macie-when-the-distance-is-blue","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}