A Loud Silence, Lisbon Videos

It felt right to end the EP with a song written in a moment that was inspiring due to the fact that I became a little bit more self-aware. I had a breakthrough, I had a vision of change, but also an understanding that I would never again be the same. We go through so much in life, that these small victories can be bittersweet. It's that little bit of extra knowledge about something that makes us hopeful. But at the same time, knowing that there's still so much to go through and grow. One day things will feel a bit more in place than they are right now. And even if I changed, I will always still try to do things for the sake of my happiness. The journey doesn't end here... “WE ARE ALL DAMAGED” out December 3rd on all major streaming platforms. Click the link in my bio to pre-save on Spotify 👆🏼 #aloudsilence #wearealldamaged #ep #ambient #alternativerock #altrock #postrock #instrumental

This one started off with a very simple bass line, and a rhythmic idea that was stuck in my head for a while. I don’t really use the same process every time I write a song. It really depends on a lot of things. Inspiration comes in a lot of different ways, but this song started out like that. With a bit of a different approach, and that’s why I think this is probably the one where I didn’t really care about structure and just let it flow naturally as inspiration came to me. This song is about life in general and the constant changes that we see every day. The ups and downs. Life can be full of beautiful moments, but it can also be quite overwhelming, especially nowadays. Everything feels like a mess. We rarely get to enjoy the moments we live because we're too worried about something else, or because we're too caught up in trying to make some sense of something that might not even be that important. And most of the time we end up not realizing that. But that doesn't mean life shouldn't be enjoyed to the fullest. We rarely get to do it, because we limit ourselves too much, but when we do get the chance, or the peace of mind to enjoy those moments, and when we have that understanding, we can truly experience the beauty of it. “WE ARE ALL DAMAGED” out December 3rd on all major streaming platforms. Click the link in my bio to pre-save on Spotify 👆🏼 #aloudsilence #wearealldamaged #ep #ambient #alternativerock #altrock #postrock #instrumental

This was the first full song I wrote for A Loud Silence. After sitting down in April 2020 and writing a couple of riffs out of boredom, I pretty much left them for dead. A few months later, I decided to try and make something out of those few riffs. I worked on the song nonstop, changed it so many times, and ultimately came to the point where I was happy with the way it turned out. It was also the very first one I ever tried mixing. All of this while going through the second wave of the pandemic, which was around the time I felt the lowest in the past couple of years. So it made sense to give it a name that resonated with me. A personal definition of Paradox relates to "someone who does two things that seem to be opposite to each other, or who has qualities that are opposite. A person having seemingly contradictory phases." - this was probably the biggest breakthrough I had on my journey to becoming more self-aware, and one that explains a lot of why I act the way I do sometimes. I am a contradiction. I am everything, but I am also nothing at the same time. And I'm still learning how to deal with it. “WE ARE ALL DAMAGED” EP coming out December 3rd! Click the link in my bio to pre-save it on Spotify 👆🏼 #aloudsilence #wearealldamaged #ep #ambient #alternativerock #altrock #postrock #instrumental