This Is My Way to Tell You That Everything Is Real and Happening Right Now

“This sort of tremulous sincerity can be frightening to those who are unaccustomed to it. For Farr, the sincerity is the point… Farr’s music [demands] gently that you open wider, admit more of the world. And the music itself, rich and warm and enveloping, glimmering in all corners with lovingly wrought sounds, beckons you forward.” - Pitchfork "Read the liner notes, get this intense double record." -Will Oldham, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy "Refined yet dark folk music with an unsettling, Gothic atmosphere" - Rolling Stone Japan “I will die on the Daguerreotypes hill. I’m dying on Daguerreotypes mountain.” - Zola Jesus, Talkhouse "Full of small cosmic details...[Samimi Farr] zooms in on tiny personal moments and blows them up into something epic.” - Bob Boilen, creator of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered "It's by far the best music anyone I know has ever sent me — I feel like Kurt Cobain just sent me Nevermind — I'm serious. It is a completely sincere and open-hearted album that has arrived when it is most needed.” - Devon Welsh (Majical Cloudz) “Beautiful, meditative…a soundtrack to carry us through... more credits released December 28, 2025 All songs by James Samimi Farr Produced, engineered, and mixed by Charles James Additional production and engineering by James Samimi Farr Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering Music performed by: James Samimi Farr (Vocals, Guitars, Boing!) Charles James (Bass, Synths, Piano, Mellotron, Cello, Ukelele, Autoharp, Tape Loops, Percussion, Vocals) With help on some songs from: Eric Farr on vocals Simon Honeyman on vocals Spencer Cole on drums Joshua Van Tassel on drums Adrian Gross on mandolin Photo by Layli Samimi license all rights reserved