Alphabet Holds Hostage

i find it pretty difficult to write albums without a clear concept in mind; and also difficult to write a sincere set of lyrics without any sort of abstraction or crypticism. 'again and so soon', this 2nd album of mine, was pretty much an entirely new challenge in both regards, unlike 'motherblossom' where almost all of it was written before i started recording, i had an album-sized handful of concrete instrumentals that i know i wanted to use, but without any lyrics. i was very close to abandoning the entire project until i started just filling up the lyrics for each track with simple streams of conciousness, almost like a diary. since May of last year i've been tidying, editing, cutting and reworking an originally enormous tracklist into what it is now, and in a way it gave the album the concept i thought it might end up lacking. it represents my life, semi-autobiographically, since May last year, possibly one of the worst times of my life so far. my mental health was at such an all-time low that even stepping outside was it's own event that needed preparation, yet my life was going through changes at a rate i could barely keep up with. writing this album was a nice way for me to bear those emotions as best i could. i hope it was worth it.