Corbin Keep
@cellocorb.bsky.social
Cello, with a strong focus on music by women composers.
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
http://www.wildcellist.ca
https://corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspeakable-beauty-works-by-historical-women-composers-arranged-for-unaccompanied-cello
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Corbin Keep
@cellocorb.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Unspeakable Beauty: Works by Historical Women Composers Arranged for Unaccompanied Cello, by Corbin Keep
15 track album
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com
𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝑼𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚: 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝/𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠:
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...
Mel Bonis' "La Toute Petite s'endort" (1928).
In recent years, no less than three lullaby albums have been released that feature the piece. Music to help baby sleep!
But it sounds like the soundtrack for a haunted doll movie. Seriously, would you play this for your kid?
youtu.be/10Rpu_OT1Ro?...
In recent years, no less than three lullaby albums have been released that feature the piece. Music to help baby sleep!
But it sounds like the soundtrack for a haunted doll movie. Seriously, would you play this for your kid?
youtu.be/10Rpu_OT1Ro?...
Bonis: Miocheries, Op. 126: No. 13, La toute petite s'endort
YouTube video by Lang Lang - Topic
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mel Bonis' "La Toute Petite s'endort" (1928).
In recent years, no less than three lullaby albums have been released that feature the piece. Music to help baby sleep!
But it sounds like the soundtrack for a haunted doll movie. Seriously, would you play this for your kid?
youtu.be/10Rpu_OT1Ro?...
In recent years, no less than three lullaby albums have been released that feature the piece. Music to help baby sleep!
But it sounds like the soundtrack for a haunted doll movie. Seriously, would you play this for your kid?
youtu.be/10Rpu_OT1Ro?...
Nancy Dalberg! (1881-1949)
I am a proud Dalbergian. Dalbergians are few, but mighty. My conversion came about in a moment of rapture upon hearing the 4th movement of her first string quartet. 😮❤️
First ever recordings of her cello-piano works dropped this past June:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I am a proud Dalbergian. Dalbergians are few, but mighty. My conversion came about in a moment of rapture upon hearing the 4th movement of her first string quartet. 😮❤️
First ever recordings of her cello-piano works dropped this past June:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sehested, Dalberg & Griebel Wandall: Chamber Works - YouTube
youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nancy Dalberg! (1881-1949)
I am a proud Dalbergian. Dalbergians are few, but mighty. My conversion came about in a moment of rapture upon hearing the 4th movement of her first string quartet. 😮❤️
First ever recordings of her cello-piano works dropped this past June:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I am a proud Dalbergian. Dalbergians are few, but mighty. My conversion came about in a moment of rapture upon hearing the 4th movement of her first string quartet. 😮❤️
First ever recordings of her cello-piano works dropped this past June:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Last Wieck, I heard a piece which, after only a few bars, put me in a state of Bonis-ian Rhapsody. It was so moving I found myself Carreño-ing from side to side; seriously, it Boulanger'd me over - twice.
But it was in the development section that things really started to Jaëll - and Howell!
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But it was in the development section that things really started to Jaëll - and Howell!
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October 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Last Wieck, I heard a piece which, after only a few bars, put me in a state of Bonis-ian Rhapsody. It was so moving I found myself Carreño-ing from side to side; seriously, it Boulanger'd me over - twice.
But it was in the development section that things really started to Jaëll - and Howell!
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But it was in the development section that things really started to Jaëll - and Howell!
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Spotify this morning. My "offer" (whatever that is) expires at the end of 1969.
Shades of Y2K. Maybe they should focus less on ICE ads and military AI.
Shades of Y2K. Maybe they should focus less on ICE ads and military AI.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Spotify this morning. My "offer" (whatever that is) expires at the end of 1969.
Shades of Y2K. Maybe they should focus less on ICE ads and military AI.
Shades of Y2K. Maybe they should focus less on ICE ads and military AI.
In late 19th/early 20th century Paris, a number of women composers produced some of the best music I've ever heard. It's gorgeous, original; utterly kickass at points. What makes its existence all the more remarkable are the conditions under which it arose.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
In late 19th/early 20th century Paris, a number of women composers produced some of the best music I've ever heard. It's gorgeous, original; utterly kickass at points. What makes its existence all the more remarkable are the conditions under which it arose.
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A thread about AI search results 🧵
For awhile now, I've been curating a database of novels/fiction about women composers.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
(There are a number of lists of books about women composers, but none focussed solely on works of fiction.)
1/11
For awhile now, I've been curating a database of novels/fiction about women composers.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
(There are a number of lists of books about women composers, but none focussed solely on works of fiction.)
1/11
October 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A thread about AI search results 🧵
For awhile now, I've been curating a database of novels/fiction about women composers.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
(There are a number of lists of books about women composers, but none focussed solely on works of fiction.)
1/11
For awhile now, I've been curating a database of novels/fiction about women composers.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)
(There are a number of lists of books about women composers, but none focussed solely on works of fiction.)
1/11
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From the novel, "Escapement" by Kristen Wolf. The protagonist, a pianist, has just learned about a piano's inner workings.
Here, she ponders the "reckless" hammer that flies towards the string when a key is struck:
From the novel, "Escapement" by Kristen Wolf. The protagonist, a pianist, has just learned about a piano's inner workings.
Here, she ponders the "reckless" hammer that flies towards the string when a key is struck:
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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From the novel, "Escapement" by Kristen Wolf. The protagonist, a pianist, has just learned about a piano's inner workings.
Here, she ponders the "reckless" hammer that flies towards the string when a key is struck:
From the novel, "Escapement" by Kristen Wolf. The protagonist, a pianist, has just learned about a piano's inner workings.
Here, she ponders the "reckless" hammer that flies towards the string when a key is struck:
"He had a mutilated score of the F Sharp Minor Sonata, which he had heard Clara Schumann play at a festival in Leipzig."
Excerpt from the 1915 novel, "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather.
It's a book intended for a general audience. It appears that Clara was still a well known name.
♀️😎🎹❤️🔥
Excerpt from the 1915 novel, "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather.
It's a book intended for a general audience. It appears that Clara was still a well known name.
♀️😎🎹❤️🔥
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"He had a mutilated score of the F Sharp Minor Sonata, which he had heard Clara Schumann play at a festival in Leipzig."
Excerpt from the 1915 novel, "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather.
It's a book intended for a general audience. It appears that Clara was still a well known name.
♀️😎🎹❤️🔥
Excerpt from the 1915 novel, "The Song of the Lark" by Willa Cather.
It's a book intended for a general audience. It appears that Clara was still a well known name.
♀️😎🎹❤️🔥
Some thoughts on AI narration:
Humans are attuned to spot differences. Subtle ones. It's how we survived on the Serengeti millennia ago; knowing the difference between one sound & another could literally mean life or death.
Even a "good" AI reader will repeat things in exactly the same way. (1/3)
Humans are attuned to spot differences. Subtle ones. It's how we survived on the Serengeti millennia ago; knowing the difference between one sound & another could literally mean life or death.
Even a "good" AI reader will repeat things in exactly the same way. (1/3)
September 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Some thoughts on AI narration:
Humans are attuned to spot differences. Subtle ones. It's how we survived on the Serengeti millennia ago; knowing the difference between one sound & another could literally mean life or death.
Even a "good" AI reader will repeat things in exactly the same way. (1/3)
Humans are attuned to spot differences. Subtle ones. It's how we survived on the Serengeti millennia ago; knowing the difference between one sound & another could literally mean life or death.
Even a "good" AI reader will repeat things in exactly the same way. (1/3)
Books about historical women composers! Most are nonfiction, however there is some fiction: novels about real composers & also fictitious ones.
There are lists of books about women composers, however none of them focus solely on fiction.
So I made a database:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
There are lists of books about women composers, however none of them focus solely on fiction.
So I made a database:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Novels/Fiction About Women Composers
docs.google.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Books about historical women composers! Most are nonfiction, however there is some fiction: novels about real composers & also fictitious ones.
There are lists of books about women composers, however none of them focus solely on fiction.
So I made a database:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
There are lists of books about women composers, however none of them focus solely on fiction.
So I made a database:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Recently found a video from 40+ yrs ago. From what I've gotten to work thus far (the VHS tape is wonky) I'm playing a wearable cello, then, guitar & foot keyboard. My musical partner, Rorie is on body drums (our invention) keyboard bass & vocals. Song's an original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKch...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKch...
Meet Men Not Machines - "Morning Star" 1985
YouTube video by Marshall Cello
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Recently found a video from 40+ yrs ago. From what I've gotten to work thus far (the VHS tape is wonky) I'm playing a wearable cello, then, guitar & foot keyboard. My musical partner, Rorie is on body drums (our invention) keyboard bass & vocals. Song's an original.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKch...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKch...
Finally went for it and got cds made of my latest record.
(Streaming's ok,
but it's nice to have physical media with liner notes*
*a quaint term from an earlier era that some might not know.)
(Streaming's ok,
but it's nice to have physical media with liner notes*
*a quaint term from an earlier era that some might not know.)
July 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Finally went for it and got cds made of my latest record.
(Streaming's ok,
but it's nice to have physical media with liner notes*
*a quaint term from an earlier era that some might not know.)
(Streaming's ok,
but it's nice to have physical media with liner notes*
*a quaint term from an earlier era that some might not know.)
"He has no musical advisor but me, so does not commit a single thought to paper without having previously submitted it for my perusal."
- Fanny Mendelssohn, writing about her brother Felix in 1822
- Fanny Mendelssohn, writing about her brother Felix in 1822
July 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"He has no musical advisor but me, so does not commit a single thought to paper without having previously submitted it for my perusal."
- Fanny Mendelssohn, writing about her brother Felix in 1822
- Fanny Mendelssohn, writing about her brother Felix in 1822
1/2 Author Harriet Constable, on Vivaldi: "Scholars agree, that without the Pietá and the Figlie Di Coro, a breeding ground of talent to test ideas, his music would not exist today."
May 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
1/2 Author Harriet Constable, on Vivaldi: "Scholars agree, that without the Pietá and the Figlie Di Coro, a breeding ground of talent to test ideas, his music would not exist today."
There's music I encountered at young age that's now substrate to my "listening being." On rare occasions, I'll hear a work that has the same effect, wherein in short order, it's as if I've been hearing it my whole life and it was always meant to be there.
Barraine: open.spotify.com/album/7FeBcD...
Barraine: open.spotify.com/album/7FeBcD...
Barraine: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Elsa Barraine · Album · 2025 · 8 songs
open.spotify.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There's music I encountered at young age that's now substrate to my "listening being." On rare occasions, I'll hear a work that has the same effect, wherein in short order, it's as if I've been hearing it my whole life and it was always meant to be there.
Barraine: open.spotify.com/album/7FeBcD...
Barraine: open.spotify.com/album/7FeBcD...
A playlist:
"Artists who require masks at their shows in 2025 😷"
A few songs from each act; pls check out artists' own accounts to hear more - or better yet, mask up & go see them live!
Suggestions for more artists: feel free to comment here, or dm me on fb!
open.spotify.com/playlist/7iy...
"Artists who require masks at their shows in 2025 😷"
A few songs from each act; pls check out artists' own accounts to hear more - or better yet, mask up & go see them live!
Suggestions for more artists: feel free to comment here, or dm me on fb!
open.spotify.com/playlist/7iy...
Artists who require masks at their shows in 2025 😷
Playlist · Corbin Keep · 13 items · 8 saves
open.spotify.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A playlist:
"Artists who require masks at their shows in 2025 😷"
A few songs from each act; pls check out artists' own accounts to hear more - or better yet, mask up & go see them live!
Suggestions for more artists: feel free to comment here, or dm me on fb!
open.spotify.com/playlist/7iy...
"Artists who require masks at their shows in 2025 😷"
A few songs from each act; pls check out artists' own accounts to hear more - or better yet, mask up & go see them live!
Suggestions for more artists: feel free to comment here, or dm me on fb!
open.spotify.com/playlist/7iy...
Sometimes, sci-fi is prescient; in this case, it's instant reality:
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍, by Laila Lalami, pub. Mar 4, 2025.
An article by Canadian actor/recent ICE detainee, Jasmine Mooney, pub. March 19, 2025.
The similarities are chilling, to say the least.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍, by Laila Lalami, pub. Mar 4, 2025.
An article by Canadian actor/recent ICE detainee, Jasmine Mooney, pub. March 19, 2025.
The similarities are chilling, to say the least.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Sometimes, sci-fi is prescient; in this case, it's instant reality:
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍, by Laila Lalami, pub. Mar 4, 2025.
An article by Canadian actor/recent ICE detainee, Jasmine Mooney, pub. March 19, 2025.
The similarities are chilling, to say the least.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍, by Laila Lalami, pub. Mar 4, 2025.
An article by Canadian actor/recent ICE detainee, Jasmine Mooney, pub. March 19, 2025.
The similarities are chilling, to say the least.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some of this is quite dated, however the overall sentiment seems quite appropriate for the current moment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVA...
Not You (aka "The Canadian Song"
YouTube video by corbin keep
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Some of this is quite dated, however the overall sentiment seems quite appropriate for the current moment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVA...
Delphine von Schauroth! "From the late 1820s until the early 1840s her reputation was truly dazzling, & some publications placed her above (Clara) Schumann. That Schauroth is virtually unknown today speaks more to the workings of history than to her renown in the nineteenth century." -Amanda Lalonde
Hidden Pearls: Piano Works by Delphine Von Schauroth
Delphine von Schauroth · Album · 2023 · 10 songs
open.spotify.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Delphine von Schauroth! "From the late 1820s until the early 1840s her reputation was truly dazzling, & some publications placed her above (Clara) Schumann. That Schauroth is virtually unknown today speaks more to the workings of history than to her renown in the nineteenth century." -Amanda Lalonde
I love this quote by Peter Neubäcker! (Melodyne) Seems particularly apt while in the throes of figuring out difficult music on the cello:
"...I thought it would be impossible. But the more I pondered the subject, the more I began to see that what doesn't work in theory can still work in reality."
"...I thought it would be impossible. But the more I pondered the subject, the more I began to see that what doesn't work in theory can still work in reality."
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I love this quote by Peter Neubäcker! (Melodyne) Seems particularly apt while in the throes of figuring out difficult music on the cello:
"...I thought it would be impossible. But the more I pondered the subject, the more I began to see that what doesn't work in theory can still work in reality."
"...I thought it would be impossible. But the more I pondered the subject, the more I began to see that what doesn't work in theory can still work in reality."
1/5 Cecelia Hopkins Porter: "Over the centuries, countless generations of women musical artists have won varying degrees of success in performing & composing even while charged with the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood, & other types of family caregiving.
January 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
1/5 Cecelia Hopkins Porter: "Over the centuries, countless generations of women musical artists have won varying degrees of success in performing & composing even while charged with the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood, & other types of family caregiving.
2024 has been an amazing year for premiere recordings of works by historical women composers.
Some of my to die fors:
Rita Strohl - piano quintet; piano septet
Jeanne Leleu - quartet for piano & strings
Delphine von Schauroth - piano works
Here's some Strohl:
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Some of my to die fors:
Rita Strohl - piano quintet; piano septet
Jeanne Leleu - quartet for piano & strings
Delphine von Schauroth - piano works
Here's some Strohl:
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Septuor en Ut Mineur: III. Romance. Très lent et très mystérieux
2024 Wrapped
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM
2024 has been an amazing year for premiere recordings of works by historical women composers.
Some of my to die fors:
Rita Strohl - piano quintet; piano septet
Jeanne Leleu - quartet for piano & strings
Delphine von Schauroth - piano works
Here's some Strohl:
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Some of my to die fors:
Rita Strohl - piano quintet; piano septet
Jeanne Leleu - quartet for piano & strings
Delphine von Schauroth - piano works
Here's some Strohl:
open.spotify.com/wrapped/shar...
Reposted by Corbin Keep
Thrilled to announce Call for Participation for The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th C Women Composers | 26–28/8/2025. Hosted by TCD Dept of Music, RIAM & @tlrhub.bsky.social Calling PERFORMERS, SCHOLARS & INDUSTRY LEADERS
expansivecanvas.com
expansivecanvas.com
About - The Expansive Canvas
The Expansive Canvas Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th Century Women Composers Overview The Department of Music at Trinity College Dublin, the Royal Irish Academy of Music , and the Trinity Long R...
expansivecanvas.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Thrilled to announce Call for Participation for The Expansive Canvas: Large-Scale Form in the Music of 19th C Women Composers | 26–28/8/2025. Hosted by TCD Dept of Music, RIAM & @tlrhub.bsky.social Calling PERFORMERS, SCHOLARS & INDUSTRY LEADERS
expansivecanvas.com
expansivecanvas.com
There are a number of reasons why great works by historical women composers aren’t well known and at the heart of the classical canon, even though it’s clear that they should be. One reason: exposure. There are decades worth of recordings by male composers, often in multiple versions.
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November 18, 2024 at 7:16 AM
There are a number of reasons why great works by historical women composers aren’t well known and at the heart of the classical canon, even though it’s clear that they should be. One reason: exposure. There are decades worth of recordings by male composers, often in multiple versions.
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𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝑼𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚: 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝/𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠:
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...
Unspeakable Beauty: Works by Historical Women Composers Arranged for Unaccompanied Cello, by Corbin Keep
15 track album
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝑼𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚: 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝/𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠:
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...
corbinkeep.bandcamp.com/album/unspea...