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Label: American Dreams Records – 84 ADR
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: Sep 19, 2025
Genre: Jazz
Style: Avant-garde Jazz

A1        To Protect Our Family Names
A2        Mountains That Take Wing
A3        ...What Does Anyone Want But To Feel A Little More Free?
A4        There Is No Moment In My Life In which This Is Not Happening
B1        One Last With The Wind Of My Past
B2        Prayer For A Trembling Body
B3        To Become Another Being There Has To Be Some Kind Of Death
B4        Trying To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door

music by patrick shiroishi, featuring gemma thompson, aaron turner, faith coloccia, otay::onii & mathieu ball
speech by jo ann shiroishi

artwork by rob sato
words by hua hsu
photos by jordan reyes
layout by devin shaffer
title lifted from a conversation with kimiko tanabe
recorded at orange door between the spring of 2020 & autumn of 2022
mixed & mastered by felix salazar at fyk studios
vinyl mastering by andrew weathers

Forgetting is Violent is the most powerful release to date from Los Angeles saxophonist and composer Patrick Shiroishi (The Armed, Wild Up), with timely suites that meditate on racism and addiction. The music developed in part through extensive solo touring opening for Emma Ruth Rundle, in which Shiroishi brought effects pedals to the forefront. For the first time on a solo LP, Shiroishi has brought in collaborators: a who’s who of heavy music, including Aaron Turner (SUMAC), Gemma Thompson (Savages), and Mat Ball (BIG|BRAVE). With liner notes by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hua Hsu, Forgetting is Violent is Shiroishi’s latest masterwork. We recommend snapping this one up while you can, because we expect copies will fly.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 10/10/25