VIDEOS
The Youth
First track of the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms Ed platforms, November 5 )was written end of 2019, called ‘The Youth’. This song was about my time working in age, care and coming to terms with the loneliness and isolation experienced by the
people in my care.
But’ this song would be almost prophetic, considering the next couple of years we all were about to experience.
The only Lyric is…
‘life well lived, not to die alone’.
Grace & Style
Second track from the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5 ) ‘Grace and Style’ is in my opinion a very stupid song. Unfortunately for me, everyone seems to love it. So I thought, I’d better put it on the album.
Rage against the Ocean, Rage against the Sea
The third track from the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5 ) was a look into the mind of someone starting to spiral into severe mental illness.
Anxiety
Describing anxiety to me, is like being stuck on a small boat in the middle of the ocean in the middle of a hurricane. Constantly, for days and months feelings of doom and dread with no let up. Getting to a point where you start feeling fatigued and just want to get off the little boat. The worst part is, you don’t know where the anxiety is coming from.
FOOL DOWN
Track four ‘FOOL DOWN’ from the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5) illustrates how warped a mind can get when suffering a mental break. Overwhelming feelings of shame and guilt cloud judgement and obscure what is truly important. What makes life worth living.
Sertraline
Being finally diagnosed with Borderline personality disorder B.P.D. was a relief and now gave me more options on how to treat my illness. This usually means you start with new medication which at first, knock you around a lot. The critical first few months of this change, trust me, has its problems.
Things get worse before they get better.
SERTRALINE the fifth and Title track of the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5) is a look at that critical time. A time when you doubt anything is going to work. But, in the end it works.
Take me alone
This song is a bit of a ‘coming of age’ song I wrote at the beginning of this year. The song is a reference to my life growing up in Valleyview to immigrant parents who are also very religious. As you know when you grow you begin having your own ideas and opinions on things like politics and religion. Mine clashed quite hard with my parents which intern made me feel that a lot of my life I would Walk alone.
‘Take me alone‘ The sixth song on the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5).
Optimism
I remember the early days of the pandemic starting work one afternoon, sitting and relaxing with one of my residence, having a coffee together. Finding a warm spot in the Sun and watching the traffic outside the window. In that moment of having a chat and enjoying the small pleasures of life, we dared to be optimistic.
This song ‘Optimism’ the seventh song from the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5). Is dedicated to my friend, Albert. RIP
Crazy Love
The eighth song off the album [Sertraline] (released on all platforms, November 5) was a shout out to all my friends and family who are part of the LGBTQI+ community. Released for pride week the song ‘Crazy love’ with its late 90s Rave feel and iconic Mirrorball image was written to reflect a free spirit and acceptance of love in all its forms.
Smile at you
‘Smile at you’, was written for my wife for Mother’s Day this year. A day of which unfortunately I stuffed up monumentally for her. She works so hard and is my rock that I anchor down on, especially when my turbulent emotions are about to capsize me. Her grace and style, beauty and strength, I believe makes me the luckiest man alive and I love her with all my heart.
Inner Voice
This 10th track (Inner voice) of the album [Sertraline] released on all platforms, November 5, was plagiarised straight from a therapy session with my psychologist. It’s probably the most feelgood song of the album with its positive theme, ‘everything is gonna be okay’.
Anonymity
The second last track ‘Anonymity’ of the album [Sertraline] released on all platforms, November 5, came out of the streams of disinformation from the past three years. Anonymous posts from faceless Trolls, who either don’t have a clue of what they’re talking about, or maybe trying to sell vitamin supplements lead a lot of people to believe some crazy shit. I tried desperately not to put my opinion into the mix, especially if I myself don’t know what I’m talking about. Me giving opinions about subjects I have no idea about, would be a lie.
Summer Days
The outro ‘Summer Days’ to the album [Sertraline] released on all platforms, November 5, is a kind a summer feel good song about lazy days, sitting on the beach, drinking some Canadian club and enjoying the atmosphere down by the Bay.