a light that cracks through

by Chris Rosenau

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This. Is the Bee See Sea. The fleet-fingered post-rock guitar god settles in with an open-D acoustic guitar to trip the mellow fantastic. A lovely album full of grace. Highly recommended for those who seek their inner quiet. Favorite track: January 27th, 1959.

Acton Dave The raw emotion of the guitar playing on this album is intensely moving.

Just love it.

“Thank you for the music”!

Robert Hammerstad Yo Chris! what are these dates? I can only imagine they are somehow related to your mom or dad and life achievements but I'm not sure. Enlighten me?

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	1.	October 27th, 1944 04:37
	2.	January 27th, 1959 02:56
	3.	August 3rd, 1968 03:28
	4.	November 10th, 1971 05:06
	5.	February 23rd, 1982 05:12
	6.	January 12th, 2021 05:11

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For my Mom, who is always with me.

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released February 2, 2024

Performed by Chris Rosenau at Muza Church in South Milwaukee, WI, on December 27th, 2023.

Recorded by Ben Derickson.

Mixed by Chris Rosenau in December 2023 and January 2024.

Photographed by Tom Grimm.

Designed by Kaveh Soofi.

Title communicated kindly by Marielle Allschwang on January 10th, 2021.

Thanks to Ben Derickson, Margaret Muza, Tom Grimm, Marielle Allschwang and Kaveh Soofi. These songs would not be presented in this beautiful light without their help.

Thanks to everyone who has come to see me play these songs over the years, and thanks to all of the friends who have played some variation of them with me.

. . .and thanks to everyone who is listening right now.

If you'd like to play these songs, start here: DADF#AD.

Release date: February 2nd, 2024.

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Chris Rosenau Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Chris Rosenau is a guitar player and founding member of the seminal instrumental post-rock band Pele, the American music ensemble Collections of Colonies of Bees, and the Indie rock band Volcano Choir. He has performed for over 20 years with these bands throughout North America, Europe, and Japan, and continues to both collaborate with friends as well as noodle with solo stuff. ... more

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