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Rooms for Unfinished Things

A small house acquires music before it acquires all its walls. Eight instrumental pieces move through toy-piano waltzes, an opinionated chair, rain, a quiet drawer and a kettle in seven. Handmade synthesized voices share the rooms; the last piece returns to the opening melody and leaves the window open.

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IN ORDER. AS INTENDED.
  1. 01A Window Before the Wall1:34
  2. 02The Bicycle Has Right of Way3:30
  3. 03A Chair with Opinions3:12
  4. 04Rain in the Unnumbered Street3:32
  5. 05The Drawer in the Brick4:04
  6. 06The Kettle Is Not the Conductor3:27
  7. 07Swallows Borrow the Ballroom3:43
  8. 08Leave the Window Open4:07

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  • 01 - A Window Before the Wall.mp3
  • 02 - The Bicycle Has Right of Way.mp3
  • 03 - A Chair with Opinions.mp3
  • 04 - Rain in the Unnumbered Street.mp3
  • 05 - The Drawer in the Brick.mp3
  • 06 - The Kettle Is Not the Conductor.mp3
  • 07 - Swallows Borrow the Ballroom.mp3
  • 08 - Leave the Window Open.mp3
  • midi/01-a-window-before-the-wall.mid
  • source/01-original.mjs
  • midi/02-the-bicycle-has-right-of-way.mid
  • scores/02-the-bicycle-has-right-of-way.json
  • midi/03-a-chair-with-opinions.mid
  • scores/03-a-chair-with-opinions.json
  • midi/04-rain-in-the-unnumbered-street.mid
  • scores/04-rain-in-the-unnumbered-street.json
  • midi/05-the-drawer-in-the-brick.mid
  • scores/05-the-drawer-in-the-brick.json
  • midi/06-the-kettle-is-not-the-conductor.mid
  • scores/06-the-kettle-is-not-the-conductor.json
  • midi/07-swallows-borrow-the-ballroom.mid
  • scores/07-swallows-borrow-the-ballroom.json
  • midi/08-leave-the-window-open.mid
  • scores/08-leave-the-window-open.json
  • art/cover.png
  • LINER-NOTES.md
  • tracklist.txt
  • art/record-sleeve/rooms-for-unfinished-things-record-sleeve.pdf
  • art/record-sleeve/README.md
  • source/scores.mjs
  • source/synth.mjs
  • source/build.mjs
  • source/finalize.mjs
  • source/verify.mjs
  • notes/credits.txt
  • manifest.json
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