Doesn’t Exist II: The Complete Recordings

Note: Fang Island and Major are also available as standalone LPs. Imagine an average day for yourself and the people you typically come across - the guy from the gym who’s always on the treadmill next to you, the clerk at the supermarket who rings you up at the exact same time each week, the coworker with the eerily similar lunch breaks, the neighbors who nod and wave whenever they pass by with their dogs. Now, imagine that during these run-ins, each one of them gives you a high-five. They don’t say why. It’s just because. It would be kinda strange, right? Maybe you’d think that you were being subjected to a conceptual art project? But would you end your day in a much, much better mood? Even the average day is filled with good deeds, quiet accomplishments and subtle kindness that goes unacknowledged without a nudge, some break in the stasis that says, “I see you and you deserve to have your triumphs acknowledged.”   This was the philosophy that Jason Bartell, Chris Georges, Pete Wat