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title: Bedtime Stories
type: LP
releasedAt: 2026-05-22
coverArt: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
featured: false
filtered: false
blurb: |-
  The made-up-fantasy-stories album. Story-songs instead of life-songs — every track is a bedtime story Daddy invents on the spot, rendered as a song, with the kids cast as characters in a different fantasy world per track. Opens with Daddy at the side of the bed; closes with him leaving the room.
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tracks:
  - num: 1
    title: Liam The Knight
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/liam-the-knight.mp3
    duration: 268
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Opener. Classic knight-and-dragon. Liam in armor, the kingdom in trouble, the long-shot rescue. He doesn't win because he's strong; he wins because he doesn't quit. The album's thesis statement about who Liam is in Daddy's eyes.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/liam-the-knight.md
  - num: 2
    title: Princess Ava And The Cat
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/princess-ava-and-the-cat.mp3
    duration: 188
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Ava finally gets her cat — in the story. A magical cat that talks back, only to her. Five-year-old Ava ruling a kingdom from the back of the cat. The cat campaign that's never happening in this house gets to happen here.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/princess-ava-and-the-cat.md
  - num: 3
    title: Iyla The Fox
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/iyla-the-fox.mp3
    duration: 163
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Woodland fox-cub mischief. Iyla as a small fast fox, slipping under the fence, stealing one biscuit from the bear's picnic, dodging the older animals. Three-year-old chaos rendered noble.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/iyla-the-fox.md
  - num: 4
    title: Baby Tessa The Bear
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/baby-tessa-the-bear.mp3
    duration: 193
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Soft slow track. A baby bear lost in the forest, finds her family by following her sister's scent (foxes), her brother's clatter (knight in armor), her sister's singing (princess on a hill). The album's quietest moment — Tessa's story is finding her people.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/baby-tessa-the-bear.md
  - num: 5
    title: The Highlands Ranch Wizard
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/the-highlands-ranch-wizard.mp3
    duration: 206
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Meta. A wizard who lives in this cul-de-sac, in this house, casts small spells on small things — turns the homework into a sandwich, makes the broccoli invisible, freezes the bath water mid-pour. The kids are the only ones who can see him.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/the-highlands-ranch-wizard.md
  - num: 6
    title: Captain Liam And The Pirate Ship
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/captain-liam-and-the-pirate-ship.mp3
    duration: 183
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Sea adventure. Liam captain, Ava first mate, Iyla in the crow's nest, Tessa swabbing the deck. The whole crew sets sail for the island where lost socks go. First track to put more than one sibling in the same world.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/captain-liam-and-the-pirate-ship.md
  - num: 7
    title: Ava's Castle
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/avas-castle.mp3
    duration: 201
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Princess-with-a-twist. Ava runs the castle as a CEO would, not a princess — the dragons are negotiated with, the moat is for swimming, the suitors all get sent home. Daughter-as-leader story.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/ava-s-castle.md
  - num: 8
    title: The Goddard Dragon
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/the-goddard-dragon.mp3
    duration: 158
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Daycare-meets-fantasy. Iyla's Turtle Room is also a dragon's lair on Tuesdays; Iyla is the only one who knows the dragon is friendly. Snack time and dragon time overlap.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/the-goddard-dragon.md
  - num: 9
    title: The Four Champions
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/the-four-champions.mp3
    duration: 245
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: true
    notes: |-
      All four kids in one story. The big-frame track. Liam (knight), Ava (princess), Iyla (fox), Tessa (bear cub) all on the same quest — defeat the bad guy, win the kingdom, ride home in time for dinner. The album's whole-family track.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/the-four-champions.md
  - num: 10
    title: The End Of The Story
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/the-end-of-the-story.mp3
    duration: 237
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/bedtime-stories/folder.webp
    date: 2026-05-22
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Closer. Soft, slow, the way Daddy always wraps it up. "…and then they all went home and went to sleep." The kids are already half-asleep before the last verse.
    lyricsFile: bedtime-stories/the-end-of-the-story.md
---