Tru Folk

footsteps, car horns, a drawer sliding shut.wind chimes, family voices, street corners.bus stops, parks, a dog barking, a fight on TV.Los Angeles, San Francisco, Taipei, Oakland, Keelung, San Gabriel Valley, South City.░H░o░l░o░d░e░c░’░s░ ░T░R░U░ ░F░O░L░K░ ░L░P░ ░i░s░ ░b░o░t░h░ ░a░ ░f░o░l░k░ ░r░e░c░o░r░d░ ░a░n░d░ ░a░n░ ░a░u░d░i░o░ ░d░o░c░u░m░e░n░t░.░It draws from a 15-year archive of field recordings that capture the ordinary music of lived life. Rather than aspiring to aesthetic refinement or spiritual escape, TRU FOLK exists at street-level. It approaches sound as a vernacular practice that values what is common and humanmade. The album functions as a record of presence, tracing how people live, move, and endure through shared environments. In doing so, it extends the idea of folk music into the realm of daily listening, creating a document of survival and place.