‘Patience’ is the new, experimental full length album from Tyler Holmes. ‘Patience’ because it’s been 5 years since their last record. ‘Patience’ because they, admittedly, have none and profess that it is their life’s work to learn some. ‘Patience’ is built on the bones of ‘The Southern Reach Trilogy’ by Jeff Vandermeer and ‘No.44, The Mysterious Stranger’ by Mark Twain. Themes of accepting our place in nature, the universe’s apathy at our existence, and its extreme care in allowing us to exist, violence and horror devoid of malice all factor into the serene, agonizing, brutal, destroyed landscapes of these 9 songs. Gentle, bucolic, acoustic arrangements grate against rusted metallic backdrops that barely contain the swirling and glitching vocal loops of a bottled specter suddenly shattered. Tyler Holmes’ work centers around a concept they coined, ‘Trapping The Ghost’, which speaks to capturing the human experience, mortality, and/or consciousness within artwork, devices, objects, and media, this record serves as such an artifact. After writing their last album, ‘Nightmare In Paradise’, Tyler Holmes moved to Los Angeles, experienced the death of a parent, and had their heart broken twice, but this record (and the next) direct focus elsewhere. The only ‘breakup song’ is ‘Commercial Success’ and it was one of the first composed for this collection. Anchored heavily by contorted, or manipulated vocals, the album is intentionally opaque and features few songs with intelligible lyrics. The song ‘Hazel’ directly references a character from the film Synecdoche, NY with the quote: ‘it’s a big decision how one prefers to die’ while ‘Singing Hate’ is a lark on Holmes’ late father’s conceit that ‘you’re either singing love or you’re singing hate’. Recording of the album was split between the rural seaside escape of Point Arena CA and the cement reverberant art space Human Resources in Los Angeles. To research this project Holmes gorged as much media as possible where the human form or essence is duplicated, replicated, captured, distilled, or manufactured; this is the synthesis, this is the document.

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Written, Produced, Mixed, Performed by Tyler Holmes Recorded by Josephine Shetty & Tyler Holmes at ‘This Will Take Time’ in Point Arena,CA ‘Human Resources’ in Los Angeles,CA Mastered by Jake Rodriguez Cello on ‘Singing Hate’ & ‘Commercial Success’ by Peekaboo Electric Guitar on ‘Singing Hate’ by Anya Good Original Sculptures by Helena Martinez Bravo Sculpture Photography by Lise Silva Gomez Photos & Design by Tyler Holmes Graphic Design & Layout by Paradise Khanmalek Ratskin Records 2025 RAT102

For Fans Of: Ethel Cain, Grouper, Holly Herndon, and Eartheater Other: (Xiu Xiu, Kelela, Radiohead, Cat Power, Portishead)