Reef Loretto

gotta move on micro-flip | june 4, 2023 by Reef Loretto

stained glass on the floor / this love is pro- pane & i been drinking it raw / it's about time that i settle up the score, you thought i couldn't do it cuz my heart is unsure / couldn't tell south from the north of course / i was never oriented just given a tour / of your guest room and a couple corridors / right next to where your maid slept on the floor / it's about time that i let these words out it's a damn shame that we couldn't hold each other down cuz of my last name now i'm looking out the window of this damn plane scrolling through the messages you sent me trying to remain try to remain honest / yeah i know that's becoming less common and i know that there's consequences i'm sure / yeah there's consequences i'm sure...

"we used to watch the rain"

we built walls where there was only sand before...

nani --- recorded in bahrain december 2018

i'm on eviction number two

so far away i'm so far away

Written during an exceptionally heavy moment in January '21. Available for bid at Catalog. https://beta.catalog.works/reef/two-suns Thank you for listening. ❤️

calm before the storm. beat from november '20.

this one's called lust.

all safety is an illusion.

we all deserve a chance to go into recovery mode when we need it. with love. 🖤

The Prelude by Reef Loretto

made this beat today i hope you like it ❤️

wanted to try something different today. something to start a revolution to.

white stains on the floor // you're always coming down // i thought i knew you well // but i'm just fucked up // and now mascara stains surround // all of this shattered glass that cuts inside my mouth // and yeah it's not your fault // that you need a soul like mine

collected this seed for you ❤️

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two prayers while drifting by Reef Loretto

today's draft. gonna add some leads at some point. let me know what you feel when you hear it 🖤

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draft from today 🖤

if they ask you where we are // just say in the // dark

re-interpretation of yesterday's draft // vox by @rubyhind ❤︎

draft from today ❤︎

minimal house track i made today ♥︎

for after the rave ♥︎

she said don't worry i've had enough tonight so just give it to me like you did before

i know it's hard to be the center of attention for so long but that's all that you know i don't usually notice things like this i see your hands on your hips give me a cup i'll take a sip

don't look back it's too late we're on our way to heartbreaks, that haven't happened yet so just pull your hair back all the way let's watch the sky change to that shade of purple that we saw before and if the wind's not in our favor we can drink a little more to change our luck

red domino // tell me what's the time zone

i heard you needed saving that's something i cannot provide it's just one screen in this room this isn't what we said we'd get into i heard you needed saving it's okay if i'm not invited i took this party on the road tell me if you need something more exciting the moonshine just started coming out now i need more, more yeah oh what's in store tell me if i leave right now will you follow the lights that lead to dawn, dawn, mountaintop so strong yeah it's the horizon and i don't see it holding up for long

yeah you know i don't got time to waste so let's pull it out of the driveway i think i made a mistake when i let you into my life goddamn and i know that we shouldn't have regrets but it's hard, oh girl it's hard when you look into my silhouette i feel the ocean wrap around me call me if i lose you find me in the winter snow i brought this note for you wrote it three times just so you see the golden arches that i'm standing under i'm not gonna wait if you can't and that's alright

fight // that's how we learn // open the window // let the sun burn // yeah night // you were the only shadow // that i let in // just to stay alive -- all recorded in one day, will probably revisit/rewrite before doing anything official w/ it

drive to it //

started on the plane from boston to madrid december 24 // finished on the plane from madrid to boston january 5

sweat to this <3 -- cover art: @alejandro-borges-939678873

featuring vox from my sister @ruby-loretto -- more to come <3

wine & introspection --- a rough demo for y'all <3

huge thx to carlos borges for the guitar sample <3

SOLIDARITY 000 by Reef Loretto

first track w/ @kateseyvazzadeh posted to soundcloud! super excited to keep working with her. went a bit experimental with this one. as i do with most projects. dark undertones, hopefully not too dark though. huge thanks to @ruby-loretto for the art & @drodrodrodro for tracking my vocals & providing some inspiration/direction for the mix. salam. -reef

saturday night, emotions let loose

Fifth track of the #handwritten series.

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Second track of the #Handwritten series.

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A child girl, an older brother, a younger brother An alphabet spoken at home Different alphabet spoken outside home Aromatic Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine Melodious songs in movies Temples and churches alongside mosques Christians, Parsis, and Shi’as married in the family A teenage girl, American pop culture, Greenpeace Dreams of saving the whales and dolphins Wears peace sign earrings and pendants Poverty, oppression, and wars Travels to India, Europe, Africa, and America A young woman, a mother, a doctor Loves the serenity in churches The devotion in temples, the “ohm” of yogis The oneness of humanity in the hajj Rejected the sermons and speeches in Arabic, English, and Hindi that told her to hate the other A woman followed her heart Reads the bible, reads the Quran, and wants to read the Bhagavad Gita A woman in love, with different versions of the alphabet With different hues of human skin With different dresses, with different foods, with different prayers With different rituals, with different thoughts, with different humors The mature woman Her life has been a walk through beautiful prairies and forest With trees, flowers, birds, critters of different colors, shapes, and scents And she is in love with all of it Cover art: Noorah Kareem