Welcome to the Chocolate Shop
And enjoy listening to the unfiltered version of
Too Much To Dream: The Chocolate Shop Demos
Let it all out was the first song we ever recorded in the shop..
I remember Blane shooting me the address to meet him there
when I was off work. I drove nervously towards the city with
my uke in the passengers seat.. Stepping into the shop was
akin to stepping into another world. I was mesmerized by the
peculiar creative art that lined the walls. Later into the night
after the ice had been broken, chocolate bars had been
wrapped, and laughs were had, wattson sat down at his stool
behind the counter illuminated by a sign reading “Chocolate
By Design”, and plucked those three chords that started this
whole journey..
This whole shit feel like a rocket ship… making this song
really felt like things were just blasting off! Stepping into
full confidence of our craft and our chemistry… aligning
with purpose… a joyful look at a challenging journey…
an acceptance that the time of the arrival doesn’t matter
just as long as the journey to that arrival is fulfilled…
hints the name ‘Brunch’ - “We better late than never
like breakfast at afternoon”
This song was brought to you by enchanted encounters in the
Appalachians, a sacred cabin built in the late 1800’s, rolling
lush green hills, nerf wars, lupini beans, homegrown 🍃,
and some of our fungi friends… we know… quite the
recipe haha
To this day neither me or Blane really know where this song
came from.. So we just say it’s us on some lowkey toxic
shit lol👀 Or maybe it’s just a manifestation of our
dormant fears. I know I came into this relationship with
my own fair share of unresolved wounding just as he did,
and it’s not always easy to have empathy and compassion
for each other when one or both of us is triggered. At some
point through we have to put our pride aside enough to
choose to love and challenge each other to go deeper.
With the right person, that work is always worth it❤️️
Love is a song about… well.. Love. Still at the beginning of
our relationship, still not sure if these feelings are safe, but
wanting and choosing to believe they are. The lyrics are an
affirmation and manifestation of what’s to come
in our future. We hope whether your in a loving relationship,
single, or somewhere in between, that listening to this song
can serve as an affirmation or manifestation for love in your
life. Romantic or otherwise❤️️
This song was written in the early morning hours of
2/22/2022. The air is thick with uncertainty. The world seems
to be coming apart at the seams right before our eyes.
We continue to ask ourselves why all of this is happening,
knowing we won’t get the answers we’re looking for. This
song birthed from that place of disillusionment, from a
world of shadows, trying to find the light.
This… THIS was the song that made us pause in our tracks and
go “oh shit.. we’re really doing this”. This is the song that
solidified our path once and for all. The energy we felt playing
it beginning to end for the first time was electric! We sat there
in that chocolate shop and played it over and over again.
Only stopping when we realized it was 4am and we
all have work in the morning..
Hoodini… Well what can we say.. This is definitely the most
heavily hip hop influenced song on the album. Named after
the legend who got Blane started making music.. Hoodini was
an enigma amongst the world.. A musical talent whose
skills superseded his age. Unfortunately Hoodini passed
away in May of 2017 but his legacy lives on through the
many lives he impacted.. They say that everyone dies twice..
The day they leave their body and the day their name is
mentioned last… SO every time you play this song, share it,
or think about it just know that you are helping extend the
legacy of a LEGEND!
Lonesome dove was fun as fuck to make. What business do
a producer from Colorado, a songwriter from the burbs and
a rapper from the city have making a country anthem????
All of it…
We jumped around the studio dancing and laughing our asses
off as we made this one. As ironic and silly as it felt making it,
we very unironically thought
this shit bumps..
An ode to old friends remembered by the whispers of the
wind… reminding us that we must all return to the ethereal
ocean of souls… We had picked Wattson up from the airport
after visiting his grandfather the last time… He knew that
time was limited. That night Wattson strummed away at this
riff that brought up so many emotions… Blane ended up
writing this hook in remembrance of his grandfather and in
honor of Wattson and Zoe’s grandfather. Wattson wrote
the first verse that takes you on an emotional realization
of our own mortality… The 2nd verse was written by Blane,
referencing a psychedelic journey that He and Hoodini had
taken when they were seniors in highschool… This is
followed by a Soul Wandering solo by Richard Thomas who
was Hoodini’s bandmate and longtime friend… A full circle
moment for sure…
This song feels like baby pink flowers in the spring time, like
floating weightless on steady water, It feels like the exhale
that releases a fountain of tears that water whatever you’re
growing into, you’re still not sure what that is, but it feels
lighter than what you find yourself to be right now. This song
is meant for you to fall into and feel safe in all of the
complexities of your inner world❤️️
This is the dreamers anthem… Anyone who has gone out on
their own, faced ridicule, been through devastation, and still
pursued what they had in their heart against all odds… this
one is for you.. Know that you are seen… know that we are
rooting for you… know that your dream was put on your
heart for a reason and even when it seems like it may be
impossible… just hold on… keep going… remember that
you are living the dream… the dream is not a destination…
it is who you are!