IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, C FOAM RELOCATED FROM THE RELATIVE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA BACK TO NEW YORK CITY - THIS TIME TO LIVE IN THE HEART OF MANHATTAN’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. HESITANTLY, C FOAM RECONNECTED WITH THE AWE AND MAGIC OF BEING IN NEW YORK CITY. C FOAM BEGAN POUNDING THE PAVEMENT, ROAMING WITH NO PLANS AND NO COMMITMENTS, EAR TO THE GROUND AS ALWAYS, REENTERING FORGOTTEN REALMS, EXPLORING UNCHARTED TERRITORY. AND SO URBAN LEGEND WAS BORN: ON THE SIDEWALKS OF MANHATTAN DURING THE SUMMER OF 2021, THE PRODUCT OF THE CULTURE SHOCK AND EXCITEMENT THAT COMES FROM RETURNING TO A PLACE THAT YOU NO LONGER RECOGNIZE BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE ALL TOO WELL.

RESEARCH COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY. C FOAM MET FOR COFFEE IN SOHO WITH A CONSPIRACY THEORIST WRITING A PLAY ABOUT THE “SUICIDE” OF DOROTHY KILGALLEN. C FOAM WALKED DOWN THE AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, STARING AT BILLBOARDS FOR CRYPTO AND DELIVERY APPS, THE DYSTOPIAN AMBIENCE THICK IN THE SUMMER NIGHT AIR. C FOAM TEARED UP IN THE BACK OF A TAXI HEARING A “EASY ON ME” FOR THE FIRST TIME, DRIVING HOME WITH THE CITY (ANY CITY) STREAMING BY OUTSIDE THE COLD WINDOW. C FOAM READ ABOUT THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY IN THE 1980S. C FOAM LISTENED TO AM RADIO DEEP INTO THE NIGHT, FEELING THE HAIRS STAND UP, CALM, AND IN TOUCH WITH EVERYTHING. C FOAM EMBARKED ON AN EXAMINATION OF THE MYTHS, BELIEFS, AND MEMORIES WE SHARE – THE PIECES OF OUR WORLD THAT ARE SIMPLY UNFORGETTABLE. C FOAM BECAME IMMERSED IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. C FOAM DRANK FAMOUS GROUSE AND BEGAN RECORDING THE INITIAL DEMO TRACKS THAT WOULD BECOME URBAN LEGEND. C FOAM HAD A NUMBER OF EXTREMELY INTENSE EXPERIENCES WITH ART, PARTICULARLY FILM, ILLUSTRATION, AND COMICS. C FOAM ATTEMPTED TO ARTICULATE - OR CONCEIVE OF - A SPIRITUAL FORCE, SOME KIND OF HIGHER POWER, THAT IS UNDENIABLY FELT FROM TIME TO TIME. C FOAM BECAME INTERESTED IN UFOS AND ALIEN ABDUCTIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE GROWN AROUND THEM. C FOAM BEGAN TO CONSIDER THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE - AND OFTEN PREFER - LIVING WITH MANY MORE REALITIES THAN THE STANDARD ONE THAT IS PRESCRIBED TO THEM.

URBAN LEGEND PICKS UP MORE EXPLICITLY ON THE PARANORMAL ELEMENTS THAT RESURRECTION I-VII STARTED LAYING DOWN, AND BUILDS ON CERTAIN THEMES, MOTIFS, AND PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES ESTABLISHED BY EARLIER ENTRIES IN THE C FOAM OUEVRE (NOTABLY SPIRITUAL AMERICA 1-5, CAUSE FOR NEON SHADOWS, SMELL THE FLOWERS, BLOW OUT THE CANDLES, HAZING, AND RESURRECTION I-VII). URBAN LEGEND ALSO OCCASIONS A MORE FOCUSED EXPLORATION OF NODES OF CULTURE THAT ARE OFTEN RELEGATED TO THE FRINGES, INCLUDING CONSPIRACY THEORY, UFOLOGY, FOLK TALE, URBAN LEGEND, MYSTICISM, AND RELIGION. THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN OF LONG-SIMMERING INTEREST FOR C FOAM (A TRACK CALLED “BOHEMIAN GROVE” APPEARED ON THE SECOND–EVER C FOAM ALBUM, 2011’S SUBURBANS) AND SUCH SUSTAINED ENGAGEMENT HERE IS WELCOME.

RECORDED IN NEW YORK, NY, AND LOS ANGELES, CA, BETWEEN JULY 2021 AND MAY 2022, URBAN LEGEND IS, BY A GOOD MARGIN, THE LONGEST C FOAM RELEASE EVER. AT 10 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES IT IS THE IDEAL LENGTH TO SOUNDTRACK YOUR ENTIRE WAKING LIFE. IT IS NOT AN ALBUM SO MUCH AS IT IS A 97¬–SONG SUITE, AN IMMERSIVE COMPOSITION MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED EITHER IN ONE MARATHON SESSION, OR TO BE DIPPED IN AND OUT OF AS DESIRED OR AS NEEDED. A WORLD UNTO ITSELF, URBAN LEGEND IS ALSO - MORE OR LESS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT - AN ALMOST PERFECT REPLICA OF OUR OWN.

URBAN LEGEND IS A LANDMARK RELEASE, A ONE-OF-A-KIND TRANSMISSION. THE RESULT OF A VERY WEIRD YEAR WITH TOO MUCH GOING ON, IT IS A WORK STEEPED IN THE BOILING LIQUID OF THE MODERN WORLD, MADE OUT OF THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEBRIS THAT CONSTITUTES ALL OF OUR DAILY LIVES.

URBAN LEGEND IS A SUPERNATURAL EPIC. IT CONTAINS COUNTLESS JOURNEYS.