Rob Taylor - 30 Smiles (Apartment Sessions)

"This piece is inspired by and dedicated to my brother Phil. I wrote it in celebration of his 30th birthday." - Rob Taylor

I am shaken from my morbid reverie
when a little girl wearing purple rainboots taps me on the shoulder
and solemnly shows me a palmful of glitter.
I tell her it is beautiful,
and she teaches me to carefully
dip my finger into the pool of glimmer.
She says I can wear it,
that I can do anything with it.
I grin and tell her it’s pixie dust
as I sprinkle it over my head— a fingertip’s worth of light,
silently hoping that I can rediscover
enough happy thoughts to fly.

I breathe deeply for a moment wonder
at finding that I’m dying a little less,
and I remember the shape of my smile.
--Excerpt from “Glitter” by Phil Taylor

Written and Arranged by Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor - bass and vocals

Evan Tyor - vocals
Erin Bentlage - vocals
Tracy Lee Robertson - vocals

Camellia Hartman - violin
Darian Thomas - violin
Jon Chen - cello

Drew Krasner - clarinet

Nate Repasz - percussion
Devon Yesberger - keys

Engineered by Jen Kraus, Kevin Grossman, and Evan Tyor

Mixed and mastered by Evan Tyor, Jen Kraus, and Rob Taylor

Filmed by Liz Maney, Stephen Michael Simon, and Stephen David Grant

Video Edited by Liz Maney

Logo & Iceland Animations - Brian Plautz
Song Title Handwriting - Rob Taylor
Location Title Handwriting - Inga Maria Hjartardottir
Handwriting Vectors - Chris Sim
Iceland Poster - Jérémy Pailler

Icelandic Manager - Inga Maria Hjartardottir
US Manager - Josh Coplon
Kitchen Captain - Camellia Hartman

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