There’s something poetic about spending two years and nearly every dollar you have making an album, only to release it into silence. PROTAGONIST has been out for over a month now, and the momentum I built leading up to its release has flatlined.

Your music won’t make noise unless you’re constantly behind it, putting in just the right amount of effort to make it seem effortless. Don’t ask me the science — there is none.

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