BloodLust!: Mark Solotroff "You May Be Holding Back" Book

You May Be Holding Back

As a follow-up to my recent book, Not Everybody Makes It, I'm pleased to announce the release of You May Be Holding Back. This new volume is a visual accompaniment to my 2020 electronic music album of the same name. The fifty-two black and white images are derived from photographs of architecture in Chicago, some of which I shot myself and some of which I found online, particularly in the case of structures that no longer exist. I edited and manipulated the photos in a way that parallels how I processed the analog synthesizer recordings that I created the songs on the album from. The minimal text that is included is drawn from the album title and its two song titles ("A Literal Territory Occupied Literally" and "All In The Straw Together"). Those two song titles are direct drivers for sections of the book that create a tension between sin and redemption, the sacred and the profane, and heaven and hell, as dictated by both current and former architecture found in both existing and lost zones of the city.

Print length: 120 Pages (single-sided printing)
Images: 52
Color: Black and white
Language: English
Dimensions: 6" x 0.28" x 9"
ISBN-13: 979-8434074889
Cost: $15.00 + postage

Limited quantities are available directly via my Bandcamp page
https://marksolotroff.bandcamp.com/merch/you-may-be-holding-back-paperback

The book is available globally via Amazon. Prime members and international buyers are highly encouraged to order directly from Amazon to save on shipping costs (available in all regions)

USA: https://www.amazon.com/You-May-Be-Holding-Back/dp/B09V7YGTY8/

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