PRE-ORDER Michael Robert Chadwick - “Illusion of Touch” Cassette Tape

Out June 20th, 2025

Illusion of Touch is a record about connection in its various forms, friendship, romance, parasocial relationships etc. The title references the fact that on an atomic level, nothing ever truly touches, and the innermost discrete components of reality are always repelling each other. Many of the songs were written during the pandemic and reflect thoughts about loneliness, isolation and distance in various contexts, while existing in a dense city in an age of near constant contact with the outside world. This record was made over several years in several different places, with many different iterations before arriving at what you hear.

All songs written and performed by Michael Chadwick except; Taylor Blake (saxophone on “Dirt Nap” and “Silent Glow”), Meg Duffy (guitar solo on “Pleasure Picture”) Engineered, mixed and mastered by Michael Chadwick