Brave (2014 - 2017)
New EP of old songs out today
Hi everyone,
Today I’m releasing ‘Brave (2014-2017)’, a small collection of demos from the Soundcloud days that haven’t been available on streaming. People have been asking me about these for a while now and I’m happy to have them out there.
Lontalius - Brave (2014 - 2017)
Dreams In My Head
I Let Himmm
I Guess Itsss
Maybe His Smile Will
Comfortable (Demo)
Brave
2014 was around when I really started to find a sound of my own for Lontalius. I was 17 and feeling all the things a 17 year old feels, but I’d reached a place where I could really express these feelings in the music. ‘I Guess Itsss’ is one I remember being so proud of. A lonely phrase repeating itself into oblivion. All the destruction and dread that I felt in my head suddenly there encapsulated in 3 minutes of music.
I have been using music to make sense of what’s going on in my brain for so long now, I look back on this nascent stage very fondly. It’s really a wonder that I was able to be so vulnerable. I know exactly what each of these songs are about and the nights that I wrote them. At my dad’s house in Wellington, a southerly wind will often find it’s way through the weatherboards on the outside of the house and make this eerie cracking sound. You can hear it coming through the vocal takes on the original demo for ‘Comfortable’. For some reason I also felt compelled to record the sound of a bag of crispy M&M’s at the end of ‘Brave’ - perhaps just to show how much I loved them…
I never wrote a diary as a teenager, instead I have these songs to look back on. What a thing!
It’s been 10 years and honestly only now am I feeling just as inspired and excited about music as I was then. Pursuing music as a career is a very strange thing and I have learned a whole lot about myself over the past few years. I’m very lucky that I can still be here making things. thank you all for listening.
This is the first release of many that I will put out this year. I’ve been writing and recording so much that it’s tough to work out what to put out first. I don’t really believe in having things just sit on my hard drive, so I hope you will be able to hear it all as soon as possible.
- - - - - - - > Discord
I have started a Discord, which feels very 2020 of me but as the internet continues to spiral I think it would be great to have a place to talk to you and share updates directly. I’ll be sure to update this newsletter too - it’s my new year’s resolution to write more.
The number one thing that drives me to make these songs is knowing that someone is going to hear it on the other end. I know what it feels like to hear a piece of music and feel like it’s speaking right to you. There’s no greater feeling in the world.
I hope that some of these songs resonate with you.
Thank you and talk soon,
eddie
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