Theia

My intention with Theia was to make a soundtrack to recovery. I have always been a hopeful person and try to find the good in things. There is something empowering in deciding that the setbacks in your life will not define your future. In fact, those setbacks, if you allow them to, can become a catalyst for growth.

I think that Theia follows this arc of descent through recovery and into acceptance pretty well. Especially considering the path its composition took. The music for Theia was originally intended to be two separate albums (initially I wanted to follow up Sedna with an album I was going to call Laniakea, all about finding peace in the vastness of this world). One track was recorded months before even Sedna was made. That these disparate threads were able to coalesce into something that feels cohesive, if a little rough around the edges, is a bit of a minor miracle to me.

Listening back to it now I can hear seeds of things I would pursue more intentionally in my later work. The guitar melodies of “Selenian Sunset”, the crackling drones of “Truth Like Seeds of Trees”, the glacial synth bass of “Find What’s True, Hold It Up”, all have become essential textures for my music.

I find it an odd little album, to be honest. But of course, I don’t regret a single moment of it.