Titanomachy

Originating from a dream, "Titanomachy" tells the story of generational uprising from the perspective of a passive bystander. The narrator realizes that they capitalize on the spirit of revolution, therefore appropriating its nature in order to profit off of it. The song not only serves as a commentary on the corporate coopting of protest, but it also allows me to reflect on my own relationship as a white person with my blues and rock influences. The turmoil of the arrangement is a result of me wrestling with my own relationship to music born out of pain and community that is not my own.

Titanomachy is fully a pop song, but it derives influence from the blues of B.B, King in combination with the progressive folk of Roy Harper and the proto post-rock of Talk Talk. However, as the production progressed, I channeled that influence into art pop resembling David Bowie and Kate Bush, echoing Bowie's own relationship to Black music in his "plastic soul" period. In that sense, I believe Titanomachy to be an ode to influence: both its artistry and its brutality.

Titanomachy is out now on Bandcamp and will be out on all other streaming platforms in late January 2022