Darker Lighter Darker Lighter

While this album was not intended to be a concept album and therefore is not one, there is something of a central set of lyrical and musical themes that run through all of the lyrics. Many of the songs were written in and amongst devastation; whether reflective of past pains or actively in response to present ones. Reflections on losing loved ones abruptly, broken hearts, deep traumas to do with identity and isolation, refusal to compromise one’s identity, and political dissidence are all present. Musically there is something of a range as well; though the average seemed to land in the median of the sonic landscape I tend to gravitate towards. Still, more than anything, the central notion present in all of the songs is a sense of earnestness around getting across a message of fighting to retain hope in the face of tragedy. Simply put: a record about fighting to still give a fuck in the modern dystopian hellscape we live in. - Salar Rajabnik / Darker Lighter