Collapse

2016 release, the sixth album from Pajaro Sunrise. The album was co-produced by Bart Davenport, who also plays on most of the tracks. Yuri Mendez started working on The Collapse in the early months of 2015, when, struck by conjunctivitis, he found himself sitting alone in the dark with an irresistible urge to make new songs. With his MD's severe voice resounding in his head, telling him to not, repeat, not go near any kind of bright light, he turned on his keyboard and marveled at the tiny, definitely not bright, red and green dots lighting up on the machine, barely illuminating the black and white keys. He started tickling the ivories, and the seeds for The Collapse were sown. Fast forward to November 2015, when Yuri, stepping out of the darkness and into the light with 20/20 vision, joined another Lovemonk regular, Bart Davenport, at the Punta Paloma studio. There, they recorded and produced the record with the help of Shawn Lee, one of the hardest working men in show business, and Yuri's long-time friends and collaborators Charlie Bautista and Javier Jimenez.