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David Allred

The Beautiful World (LP, Clear)

Label: Erased Tapes Records

Format: LP, Clear

Genre: Experimental

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€25.00
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300 copies limited edition** David Allred is a prolific composer and producer based in Portland, Oregon. His new album The Beautiful World captures an enriched, realised understanding of why he composes in the first place. Dedicated to the expression of existential themes such as death, grief, longing and loss, the album’s core theme centres around the suicide of a young girl Lauren, who was a family friend to Allred.

For as long as he could remember, Allred always created music out of a kind of dissociative state which he finds alluringly easy to lapse into. A repetition of a motif is usually where he begins composing. But unlike his previous works, The Beautiful World firmly has one foot in reality and is deeply intertwined with Allred’s relationships, past and present.

For some musicians, a change in instrumentation, theme or learning a new artistic vocabulary helps them to move in a different direction. For Allred, a long period of introspection was more relevant to the development of his practice: “I find beautiful irony when I consciously disconnect myself from working on music because it gives me more fuel and inspiration to engage in it more meaningfully when I resume. In the past, I used to work and create recklessly without boundaries which led to growth and success but at the cost of occasional disassociation. I would be checked out at times even while working [...] but now that I make music less often, I feel like I'm growing with what I do, and truly living life more. And since I'm getting more out of life, I have more to say. These boundaries have given me greater access to the things that inspire me, along with a peace of mind and the ability to rest when I maintain this balance.”

Details
Cat. number: ERATP172
Year: 2025
Notes:
Clear vinyl. Limited to 300 copies. Music written in dedication to everyone in need of inner healing. No matter how we feel or how different this looks from person to person, we are all exactly where we are supposed to be right now in our process of healing. Songs written, arranged, performed and recorded by David Allred Published by Erased Tapes Music Produced by David Allred and Robert Raths Mixed and mastered by David Allred Created in Oregon David Allred vocals, synths, piano, upright bass, trumpet, organ, guitar Creative direction by Robert Raths Photography by David Allred ℗© 2025 Erased Tapes Records Ltd. All rights reserved. All tapes erased. LC 15952 Made in the EU. ERATP172