I put together a small release titled, “A Stark Contrast” comprised of a few songs I had written the skeleton for a couple of months ago. It’s only 4 tracks, but I felt I needed to get them out and out of my head. I sometimes feel that unreleased songs I have put time into weigh on me if I don’t just send them out so I can finally rest easy. Weird, I know.

Anyway, the general theme behind this release is the feeling of contrast between where I am now and where I was a few years ago. Pretty basic, but there’s a few subjects/topics that I wanted to write about.

The title track, “A Stark Contrast” was written about my shitty sleep cycle and concern over never having any dreams at all. I would just sleep and wake up. The contrast being how vivid my wife, Lupi, would dream. Almost every other morning she would describe a dream she had, in such detail, that I couldn’t help but think about what I was missing. I hadn’t dreamed in such a way in years.

The next song, “All Summer in a Day” I wrote after reading Ray Bradbury’s short story by the same name. It’s about a young girl who lives on Venus along with her classmates. Venus is plagued by endless rain, so they only ever see the sun once every 5-10 years or so. The story really touched me and I would highly recommend giving it a shot if you have a few minutes, it’s a very quick read.

Next we have, “End of the World”. This song I wrote about my current situation, with the threat of economic recession directly impacting what I do for a living. I feel fear, anger, and a disdain for most commercial things despite very few alternatives. Helped me cool my jets to get this one out.

And lastly “Symptom” is yet another song about my brother, Nick. I think of him quite often, mostly about how I haven’t seen him a while, which makes me miss him even more.

Overall, I feel much better having this release out. It’s live on my BandCamp and SoundCloud page now, but will be on all music streaming platforms on April 20th, 2025. Thanks!