Howdy! Been a few months. Not much has been happening to speak of. I haven't been playing much this year, both originally and in a cover capacity. Not sure why but the milford street shakers don't seem to have much momentum at the moment, and we haven't rehearsed for a while. Has kind of sucked in regards to money, but one must keep on pushing through regardless. As an original musician, I have my second band gig of the year this Thursday at The Sewing Room. Rabbits Foot are coincidentally also playing, so that's nice. I am opening, I think due to an alphabetical lineup. But I'm not too stressed anyway, it'll just be nice to play.
I'm at the point with my EP now where it's almost complete. I'm going to send the last song off for mixing this week, and I'm thinking about a September release date. Not sure whether I'll do an EP launch etc. Though I'll probably do at least some sort of house show or something. I just don't really have the energy for the Perth music scene anymore, not the least due to my belief that I'm not really creating music which can be successful in the scene. I also no longer believe that makes it inherently superior, like I might have when I was younger and more brash. Nowadays I'm quite content in the knowledge that the music I have made is an expression of my inner self, and I am comfortable in the knowledge that the final product is something I am proud of. I get more upset by the lack of opportunity to gig as an original musician, as I do think the way everyone in my band has interpreted the tunes is really cool. Outside of that though, I have no real desire to be "in the scene", as it were. There's too much focus on the aesthetic and not enough legitimacy in my opinion. That may be fine for them, but for me it runs the gamut of identity issues I have always struggled with. Overly conscious of falsehood, I find myself regressing in social situations, far too aware of the ways I am presenting a superficial representation of who I am. Of course, in my view one can never truly communicate anything about themselves, since none of us can quite comprehend our own character.
The final EP tracklist is as follows:
- I DON'T WANNA DIE (INTRO)
- I WANNA GO
- KALLAN
- PRELUDE
- INTERLUDE
- EITHER/OR
- I DONT KNOW