Michael Landgarten “Believe (what you don’t believe)”
Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Michael Landgarten’s song “Believe (what you don’t believe)” from his forthcoming album Back to You. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Will Owen Bennett with assistant engineers Carlos Mora and Aaron Holthus. It was recorded at Atomic Sound in Red Hook, Brooklyn NY and at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, with additional recording at The Electric Cave in Portsmouth NH and at Dimension 70, in NYC. It was mastered by Brian Lee of Waygate Mastering.
“Believe (what you don’t believe)” is Michael Landgarten on lead vocals and acoustic guitar; Max Yassky on drums and percussion; Nick Katz on bass; Damon Smith on organ and keyboards; and Jack Gulielmetti on electric guitar.
As Michael tells us, “This song is about acceptance. The protagonist has hit rock bottom – totally lost, hopeless, no point of going on, lost love, lost everything. And a result of his own choices and isolation. But has found some freedom in the loss – “everything is gone, everything I’ve known, except me.” He starts to feel the aliveness and creativity of being fully emptied out, no identity that has to be held up, just life, just being. Hard to believe that life with no attachments can feel so good.”
Pretty acoustic guitar melodies wind casually around the positive groundings of living on your own: “once there was a way to dig out of this hole, once there was a way to find my way home, get there on my own,” and then “we’ll see who’s left when the dust clears, everything is gone… except me.” The song picks up to a heavier declaration of empowerment, and erupts in joyful, cathartic release.
Find more details here on his website: https://www.michaellandgarten.com
