I Don't Want to Let Go, but I Need to Let Go

by Whettman Chelmets

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fran3000 This latest collection of songs perform as an ever evolving cycle of healing for Chelmets' documented personal struggles that began with the album "Doesn't Remember...". At times intense, signifying the push and pull of the healing process, while in others, it is ethereal in its achievement of catharsis. Don't be fooled by the three track listing though, this collection carries a lot of weight and covers a lot of ground.

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1.	I Don't Want to Let Go 18:39	buy track
2.	But I Need to 06:34	buy track
3.	Let Go 11:51	buy track

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On I Don't Want to Let Go, but I Need to Let Go, Whettman Chelmets wraps up a trilogy of releases reflecting on memories and the nature of ephemeral moments that define lifetimes of experience.

In May of 2019, Whettman released Doesn't Remember.... though Strategic Tape Reserve, a short restructuring of his own work from the last 20 years. On Longread Memories (named on Bandcamp's Best Experimental Releases for October, 2019), he focused on a singular event in his life, the loss of his brother 30+ years ago to the penal system. With his latest, Whettman Chelmets explores the nature of memories and how they often hook themselves into our very being and define a lifetime of experiences.

Across three sprawling tracks, sounds churn, bubble up, and refuse to let go and share space. the effect is often claustrophobic, though trapped in noise and beauty.

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released January 31, 2020

Whettman Chelmets: Guitars, synths, all the things.

Elements recorded around 2002 with additional elements recorded between February and July of 2019 in Whettman Chelmets's living room. Mixed between February and October of 2019.

Mastered by Z. Emerson in October, 2019.

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Whettman Chelmets Tulsa, Oklahoma

ambient drone shoegazey composed. Confrontational, uplifting, and silly.

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Ode to Roy

Jan 2023
Brunch

May 2022
Joan

Feb 2022
For...

Mar 2021

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