Too Real - Streaming Now!

The metaverse is not the escape from our problems that we dreamt it would be. Our flaws and failings are integral to our very being. Wherever we go, we bring them with us. We cannot escape from ourselves.

And so we find ourselves back at the very beginning of the writing sessions for what would ultimately. become my Too Much, Too Raw and Too Real EPs at a time when I was in a dark, dark headspace and found some solace through penning the most brutally raw and honest lyrics that I've ever written. Which is exactly why the first songs written are the last ones to be released - simply because I wasn't sure if I even wanted some of them to see the light of day, let alone be the public's introduction to this series of releases. 

But the songs found on Too Raw are undoubtably the ones that illicit the most powerful emotions within me when I listen to them so I desperately wanted to share them, warts and all, because I know I am not alone in struggling to talk openly about these sorts of ugly things. Depression, insecurities, self loathing - it is all here in abundance. This is my soul laid bare for all to see. This is my truth. 

Also, they represent a time when my musical direction was somewhat different, leading to this being the most eclectic sounding of these 3 sister EPs. Back when this batch of songs were conceived, the concept was for a single release that would be split in two - one half leaning more heavily towards metal and the other half leaning more heavily into electronic. It was only as I got further into later writing sessions that it became clearer that I was far more driven to go all in on the metal and industrial, so the more electronic flavoured songs never really materialised apart from those found on this EP (apart from Simulacrum on Too Real, of course).

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