Chris Dalla Riva

The best part about playing live is realizing that your songs don't have to be the same as you recorded them.

Obliged to Call (Live in Asbury Park)

In 2015, I went into my parents’ basement and emerged with a demo named "Obliged to Call".

 
Over the next 7 years, I'd play the song  at all my gigs. I was playing it so often that it became the one song people most associated with me.
 
But I had a problem. Every time I tried to record it, I'd fail. It seemed “Obliged to Call” was meant to be a secret between me and my few fans.
 
And I liked that it was a secret. But I still wanted to record it. So in  2021, I gave it another try. And it started coming together. Then I tried some other songs that had eluded me over the years. And those started coming together too.
 
These songs are my little secrets. If you’re already in on them, thanks for sticking around. But if they're just being whispered into your ear for the first time, welcome.

You Know I Can Be Dramatic

Enough of You

Obliged to Call

Half Classic

My Whole Heartbeat

You're Not Sorry

"She had published anonymously a slim volume of poems called 'Between Timid and Timbuktu'. It had been reasonably well received. The title derived from the fact that all the words between timid and Timbuktu in very small dictionaries relate to time."

Personnel:
Chris Dalla Riva - Writing, producing all but 5, vocals, guitar, bass, synths, etc.
Max Rauch - Vocal sampling on 2, Producing and percussioning on 4 and 5, back-up vocals on 5
Jonathan Roye - Mixing on 1, 3, and 4
Skylar Adler - Mixing on 2 and 5
Mike Monseur - Mastering
Jon Krippahne - Artwork
Ingrid Jin - Back-Up vocals on 4
Angus MacNaughton - Keyboards on 4
John Franklin - Back-up vocals on 5
Eli Fellers - Back-up vocals on 5
Maclin Tucker - Trumpet on 5

between timid and timbuktu

always feel this way

wide u w8 so long 2 tell me

timid

timbuktu

hold u near

Written by Chris Dalla Riva
Produced by Alyssa Wilkens
Vocal Engineering by Max Rauch
Mixed by Skylar Adler
Mastered by Mike  Monseur
Artwork by Caileigh Nerney

Personnel:
Chris Dalla Riva - Guitars, Vocals, Synths, Drama
Alyssa Wilkens - Guitars, Synths, Drum Programming
Harrison Daniel - Saxophone

Written & Produced by Chris Dalla Riva
Mixed by Skylar Adler
Mastered by Mike  Monseur
Artwork by Caileigh Nerney

Personnel:
Chris Dalla Riva - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Lost Love
Jason Inguatiato - Lead Guitar