Send / Return

Send / Return was formed through the mutual admiration and friendship of Wisconsin-based Wavefiler (Steve Zydek) and Vermont-based Go Outside (Andrew Shaffer). They found each other on Instagram posting snippets of plucky, tape-saturated, meandering melodies and textural washes. Through a series of communications back and forth, they quickly became friends and decided they would have a go at collaborating on an album as “audio penpals”.

The album was written one track at a time; each previous track was used as inspiration for the next track. With this approach, each of their distinct styles blend to create a cohesive statement.

The hope is that the listener will find as much joy in following the story as experienced in putting it together.