Patrick Shiroishi Forgetting is Violent
Release date:
September 19, 2025
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Forgetting is Violent is the most powerful release to date from Los Angeles saxophonist and composer Patrick Shiroishi (The Armed, Wild Up), with timely suites that meditate on racism and addiction. The music developed in part through extensive solo touring opening for Emma Ruth Rundle, in which Shiroishi brought effects pedals to the forefront. For the first time on a solo LP, Shiroishi has brought in collaborators: a who’s who of heavy music, including Aaron Turner (SUMAC), Gemma Thompson (Savages), and Mat Ball (BIG|BRAVE). With liner notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hua Hsu, Forgetting is Violent is Shiroishi’s latest masterwork. We recommend snapping this one up while you can, because we expect copies will fly.
Tracklist:
- 1. To protect our family names
- 2. Mountains that take wing
- 3. ...what does anyone want but to feel a little more free?
- 4. There is no moment in my life in which this is not happening
- 5. One last walk with the wind of my past
- 6. Prayer for a trembling body
- 7. To become another being there has to be some kind of death
- 8. Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
