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about
We are all made up of past selves - ghosts that either haunt us or hold our hand as we walk forward into the next set of memories. Some we love and are proud of and some we want to trim out and pretend they aren’t part of our stories. It’s a balancing act that I will be practicing for the rest of my life - loving and letting go of deep hurts and fears. Ghosts always carry these dark connotations. And those nebulous imprints of memories and events can definitely weigh on a person for a long, long time. It takes a lot of courage to stop trying to shore up every little crack to keep them out and instead open the door, reach out a hand, and let the story shift and settle so that it can be carried in a different way. There is so much “new” information to process every day and sometimes it feels easier to pretend that a past story only lives there - in the past. I’ve learned for myself that those stories can become particularly chatty in the present too when I don’t give them the air time they need. Cold Wind is a journey from allowing ghosts to hold me apart from others to integrating everything that makes me who I am and leaning into love.
Cold Wind is a journey that will never end. A balancing act between living in the present and safely reabsorbing and processing past events, memories, and moments that are stuck and leave both stagnancy and panic. Warming musically from beginning to end, Cold Wind is a reminder that change and integration can happen. Steel guitar from Past collaborator Roger Gustafsson compliments slow and thoughtful cello from GRAMMY nominated Dave Eggar and breathing guitar from GRAMMY nominated Phil Faconti.
lyrics
The ghost of my past keeps trying to explain to me my scars
I keep pushing her away screaming “no! they're all yours not ours”
And there’s this cold wind blowing through
Separating me from you
The ghost of my past she plays the memories again
My imagination’s stuck so I cannot change the end
And there’s this cold wind blowing through
Separating me from you
La da da da da da da da da da oooohhhhhhhhh
La da da da da da da da da da
The ghost of my past well she claims she’s here to stay
She says if we don’t learn to get along then I’ll never be ok
And that this cold wind blowing through
Will keep on separating me and you
La da da da da da da da da da
The ghost of my past well I try to be her friend
She’s just trying to keep me away from pain; I’m trying to keep me on the mend
And this cold wind blowing through
Just makes me want to curl into the warmth of you
La da da da da da da da da da oooohhhhhhhhh
La da da da da da da da da da
credits
released October 27, 2023
Teni Rane: Lead vocals, Acoustic guitar, Guitalele
Dave Eggar: Cello
Phil Faconti: Electric Guitar
Roger Gustafsson: Bass, Steel Guitar
Recorded at Classic Recording Studios in Bristol, TN
Additional recording: Asteraceae Productions (Chattanooga, TN),
SteelFabriken (Stockholm, Sweden)
Sound Engineer: Mike Stephenson
Mixing & Mastering Engineering: Mike Stephenson
Produced By: Teni Rane, Mike Stephenson
Album Photography: Jess Astacio
Album Art: Teni Rane
Teni Rane grew up in and around a community of Chattanooga musicians who helped nurture in her an early love for music. Her
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