Forever
by Midwife
big suit david byrne
big suit david byrne
get the fuck awayyy from meee
Favorite track: 2018.
James Loves You
James Loves You
I've only grown to love this album more and more since it dropped a couple years ago. Listening to this album feels comparable to wearing a heavy wool coat during a midnight walk through the windy and bitter autumn cold.
Favorite track: Anyone Can Play Guitar.
Alex Jesus
Alex Jesus
This is music to heal the soul. Is crying considered healing the soul? Whatever. Amazing music <3
Favorite track: Anyone Can Play Guitar.
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Includes unlimited streaming of Forever via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 daysPurchasable with gift card$23 USD
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Midwife "Forever" Enamel Pin
Button/Pin/Patch1.5inch x 1.5inch enamel pin featuring the iconic "Forever" motif.
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2018
05:54
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This is really happening
This is really happening
This is really happening
to me
Get the fuck away from me
Get the fuck away from me
Get the fuck away from me
2018
This is really happening
This is really happening
This is really happening
to me
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Anyone Can Play Guitar
04:04
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Anyone can fall in love
Anyone can play guitar
Anyone can tell a lie
Anyone can fall in love
You can't run for your whole life
You can't run for your whole life
You can't run for your whole life
Anyone can fall in love
Anyone can play guitar
Anyone can say goodbye
Anyone can fall in love
I'm not coming back this time
I'm not coming back this time
I'm not coming back this time
You can't run for your whole life
With two truths and a lie
You can't run for your whole life
With two truths and a lie
You can't run for your whole life
With two truths and a lie
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Vow
03:58
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Language
04:15
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How do I say it?
In every language?
How do I say it?
In every language?
How do I say it?
In every language?
How do I say this?
In every language?
I
will
never
forget
you
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C.R.F.W.
08:41
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S.W.I.M.
06:45
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I don't want to swim forever
Treading water my whole life
You know I can't swim forever
I don't want to fight the tide
I don't want to live forever
Paranoid for my whole life
I don't want to live forever
You had a gun, I only had a knife
You know I can't swim forever
Treading water my whole life
I don't want to swim forever
Reaching for the other side
I don't want to live forever
I don't want to stay the same
I don't want to live forever
I can't even say your name
I don't want to swim forever
Treading water my whole life
You know I can't swim forever
I don't want to fight the tide
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about
As Midwife, Denver based multi-instrumentalist Madeline Johnston plays what she describes as “Heaven Metal,” or emotive music about devastation. Johnston began developing the experimental pop project in 2015 while a resident of beloved Denver DIY space Rhinoceropolis. The venue/co-op started in the early aughts and nurtured local artists until 2016, when its doors were shuttered due to high tensions surrounding the safety of DIY spaces (not coincidentally following the horrific Ghost Ship fire in Oakland). Residents were displaced around Denver and artists like Midwife were forced to start over.
However, it was at Rhinoceropolis that Madeline became close with Colin Ward, an artistic confidant and friend to whom her new album, Forever, is dedicated. Madeline comments, “He was my roommate and was the embodiment of that place [Rhinoceropolis] in a lot of ways. We became really close friends there. I was always learning so much from him, about life and being an artist. He was an amazing teacher and friend to me.” When Ward passed away unexpectedly in 2018, she turned towards sound to express the indescribable feelings that partnered with her grief.
These mournful sounds ultimately developed into her new album, Forever. The 6-song LP is a latticework of soft focus guitars and precise melodies– anthems of light piercing through gray clouds of drone. On the track “C.R.F.W.,” we hear Colin Ward reading a poem that speaks of a leaf falling from a tree in autumn: “imagine the way a breeze feels against your leaf body while you finally don’t have to hold on anymore.” Johnston responds with slowly radiating tones, branches stretching out to hold the leaf one last time. “I wanted to write him a letter. I wanted to make something for him in his memory,” Madeline says of Forever.
On Forever, Midwife combines ambient and dream pop into nuanced, reverb-soaked music that is equally haunting and moving
However, it was at Rhinoceropolis that Madeline became close with Colin Ward, an artistic confidant and friend to whom her new album, Forever, is dedicated. Madeline comments, “He was my roommate and was the embodiment of that place [Rhinoceropolis] in a lot of ways. We became really close friends there. I was always learning so much from him, about life and being an artist. He was an amazing teacher and friend to me.” When Ward passed away unexpectedly in 2018, she turned towards sound to express the indescribable feelings that partnered with her grief.
These mournful sounds ultimately developed into her new album, Forever. The 6-song LP is a latticework of soft focus guitars and precise melodies– anthems of light piercing through gray clouds of drone. On the track “C.R.F.W.,” we hear Colin Ward reading a poem that speaks of a leaf falling from a tree in autumn: “imagine the way a breeze feels against your leaf body while you finally don’t have to hold on anymore.” Johnston responds with slowly radiating tones, branches stretching out to hold the leaf one last time. “I wanted to write him a letter. I wanted to make something for him in his memory,” Madeline says of Forever.
On Forever, Midwife combines ambient and dream pop into nuanced, reverb-soaked music that is equally haunting and moving
credits
released April 10, 2020
Recorded by Madeline Johnston.
Additional instrumentation by Tucker Theodore, Randall Taylor, Jensen Keller & Caden Marches.
Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur.
Recorded by Madeline Johnston.
Additional instrumentation by Tucker Theodore, Randall Taylor, Jensen Keller & Caden Marches.
Mastered by Nicholas Wilbur.
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US Booking
madeline.e.johnston@gmail.com
EU + UK Booking
giorgio@swampbooking.com wade@swampbooking.com
Press
stephaniemarlow@gmail.com
shows
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Jun 15Austin, TX
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Jun 20San Francisco, CA
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Jun 21Los Angeles (LA), CA
discography
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May 2023 -
Feb 2023 -
Feb 2023 -
Dec 2022