In Love Now (Tape Redux) • Field Guide

Listen to In Love Now (Tape Redux): https://ffm.to/inlovenow

During the deep panny times I think that a lot of people found themselves catching up on a lot of overdue interior work which was both a really good thing but also quite overwhelming. This song came out of the desire for balance — wanting to continue to work through things but also yearning to get outside and enjoy the sunshine.

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Over the past year or so, I’ve been touring in support of a bunch of rad artists all over Canada the US and in Europe. I’ve been playing solo every night which at first felt like more of a necessity than anything but over time has become something that I very much love. The songs have grown and taken on a new life, I wanted to capture them again in this moment. So, without much of a plan I went over to my pal Kris Ulrich’s place and two days later we had a record that I am incredibly proud of. We recorded everything live with no overdubs to Kris’ recently purchased Tascam 388 tape machine. The process was fast and inspiring. I grabbed whatever instruments were in arms reach, a classical guitar, viola bass, my Roland Rhythm Ace drum machine, everything felt very off the cuff. Some new melodies surfaced, new arrangements, feels and harmonic structure. Kris ran everything through a spring reverb and a delay pedal and performed live effects as I played the songs in the room. I wasn’t on headphones so I didn’t know what he was doing until playback – it was always vibey and cool.

Our friend Eric Roberts (Slow Spirit) filmed the entire process, while we were dialling in sounds or mic’ing up a new instrument he was quickly changing the lighting and vibe for the next song, the videos turned out so cool.

All of this to say, I’m very very excited to share these songs, they’ve breathed new life into an album that I was already quite proud of. As I embark on a lengthy headlining tour across North America with the band this year, this album feels like a really special way to mark the end of a beautiful era of solo touring. I hope you enjoy these versions as much as we enjoyed making them!


CREDITS:
Written by Dylan MacDonald
Recorded at Dylan’s Home Studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Engineered, mixed, mastered by Kris Ulrich
Produced by Kris Ulrich and Dylan McDonald
Video by Eric Roberts

LYRICS
And I know you know it
Feeling better but still I’m broken
And you and I left some things unspoken
And I know that’s just life
Half the time spent waiting to arrive
Only to find that it has passed you by
I guess you were right

I wanna go through the days more slowly
I wanna talk to you more gently
I wanna figure it all out
But I don’t think that we gotta rush
I wanna spend more time together
I wanna get outside in warm weather
I wanna figure it all out but I don’t think that we gotta rush

Hold me like you don’t wanna leave me
Love me like you don’t yet know I’m broken down

And I know you have to
Play the game with the cards they dealt to you
Take the time to worth on the things that you gotta work through
Yeah you gotta work through
I wanna go through the days more slowly
I wanna talk to you more gently
I wanna figure it all out
But I don’t think that we gotta rush
I wanna spend more time together
I wanna get outside in warm weather
I wanna figure it all out but I don’t think that we gotta rush
But oo don’t wanna fall in a rut

Hold me like you don’t wanna leave me
Love me like you don’t yet know I’m broken down
Is it okay if we just be in love now?