091024
Our new album,
Blackbird at the Well
is out now
Written and performed by James Lavino & Cynthia Hopkins.
With drumming by Dave King (The Bad Plus)
and Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs)
Mixed and produced by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream:
Or listen to "The Opening" here:
062524
Season Two of James's podcast,
Alternate Sides, has launched
Season Two covers films from 1983-1992, and includes Fatal Attraction, The Silence of the Lambs, and Do the Right Thing
A description of the podcast:
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James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder.
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But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed.
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Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now.
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One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2023…
052124
"The Lines"
the second single from our new album
The second single from our upcoming new album
is now available on all streaming services.
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Written and performed by James Lavino & Cynthia Hopkins.
With drumming by Dave King (The Bad Plus)
Mixed and produced by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
052124
"The Opening"
the first single from our new album
The first single from our upcoming new album
is now available on all streaming services.
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Written and performed by James Lavino & Cynthia Hopkins.
With drumming by Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs).
Mixed and produced by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
0121223
James's new podcast,
Alternate Sides, has launched
A description of the podcast:
​
James and Sam have been friends and collaborators for over 20 years. They’ve worked on films and TV shows and commercials together and have written numerous scripts that lie unproduced in their shared Dropbox folder.
​
But James has a secret: he hasn’t actually seen that many movies. And Sam, who’s a bit of a film snob, has been giving him a hard time about it for years. As James enters undeniable middle age, he has finally promised to catch up on some of the films he’s missed.
​
Every week or so, while Sam has to move his Subaru from one side of a Brooklyn street to the other (to appease the street-cleaning gods), they chat about a classic movie that James has somehow managed to avoid until now.
​
One film from each year of James’s life so far: 1973 to 2023…
Or listen to the Series Intro here:
012223
The new EP, "Redeemable,"
streaming now!
Our third EP, Redeemable, is now available on all streaming platforms.
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Five new songs
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
with Dave King (The Bad Plus) on drums
Produced, recorded and mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the album:
Or listen to a sample track here:
012223
A new EP, "Redeemable,"
is coming soon
Our third EP, Redeemable, will be released worldwide on February 15th.
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Five new songs
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
with Dave King (The Bad Plus) on drums
Produced, recorded and mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
082021
Love Is the Means,
our debut album, is out NOW
Our debut album is out. Ten songs.
Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
With drumming by Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs)
and Dave King (The Bad Plus).
Mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the album:
Or listen to a sample track here:
080921
"The Trees"
the fourth single from our album
The fourth single from our forthcoming debut album is out now.
"The Trees" is available from all streaming services.
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
With drumming by Dave King (The Bad Plus).
Mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
072321
"What It's Like"
the third single from our album
The third single from our forthcoming debut album is out now.
"What It's Like" is available from all streaming services.
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
With drumming by Charlie Hall (The War on Drugs).
Mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
070921
"Liner Notes"
the second single from our album
The second single from our forthcoming debut album is out now.
"Liner Notes" is available from all streaming services.
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino.
Mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
062421
"Seriously Though"
the first single from our album
The first single from our forthcoming debut album is out now. "Seriously Though" is available from all streaming services.
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Written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins & James Lavino. Drumming by Dave King. Mixed by Nick Krill. Mastered by Alex DeTurk.
click to stream the single:
Or listen here:
012921
THE LONG DISTANCE
IS OUT
Our second EP, The Long Distance, is available through all streaming platforms.
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Includes a cover of "We Work the Black Seam Together", from Sting's 1985 album The Dream of the Blue Turtles.
click to stream the full EP:
Or listen to a sample track here:
112220
Murder on Middle Beach
We wrote and recorded the main title theme for the HBO documentary series Murder on Middle Beach. Streaming now on HBO Max.
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The series score was composed by Fellwalker member James Lavino.
click to stream the full soundtrack album:
Or listen to the title theme here:
112020
SHELTER
IS OUT
Our debut EP, Shelter, is available now through all streaming platforms.
Five songs that were written and reocrded at our homes when the covid-19 lockdown forced us to halt work on our full-length LP (which is coming in 2021).
click to stream the full EP:
Or listen to a sample track here: