otherfather – maybe tomorrow
My band, otherfather, wrote a big record about grief and anxiety. I discuss depression and art in this article, which is aptly named Art and Depression.
We took about six years to write this album. It’s primarily inspired by the death of our friend Nathan Jatcko. Nathan was the greatest keyboard player I have ever heard. He grew up a few blocks from me and helped me get into music, and I’m forever thankful to him.
We traded tracks back and forth for this record, adding parts until we had something that resembled a song. As a result of the process, it’s very kaleidoscopic, which I think plays well with the themes. Anyway, it’s on Bandcamp.
We also have a pretty dope lyric video for the third single, “some wes anderson bullshit (swab).” If you like to see words moving in front of you while music plays, this is neat.
John Krane Songs
This is an old song called “Landslide” that I wrote when I was 16. The lyrics aren’t anything special, and it shares a name with a better song — but I still enjoy it quite a bit, particularly with Troy Brenningmeyer’s arrangement here.
This is a tune called “Sunsets on Mars” that I co-wrote with Troy. It’s about billionaires going to space, and how we don’t get to join them unless we write a song like “Firework.”
This is just a silly talking blues about burning down Applebees.