Howard Stelzer - Fever Song (2020)

Fever Song was recorded in secret during late Fall and Winter 2019. The album was built from (among other things) recordings of the cooling towers of the Brayton Point Generating Station in Somerset, MA, being demolished, several acoustic instruments (woodwinds, percussion, strings), some everyday sounds captured while walking my dog and other elements too banal to mention. Oh, and cassette tapes of course. I started the composition, walked away from it temporarily (intending to return with fresh ears later), then contracted pneumonia and was knocked out of commission for several weeks. That was awful. As soon as my fever lifted, I was so grateful to be able to do the things I usually do (like being able to concentrate on a task for more than a few minutes at a go, or walk from one side of my house to the other, or carry on a conversation with my wife) that I returned to this album right away and ironed it out rather quickly.