NEW ME IS ABOUT HAVING FUN BEING NAUGHTY.

LAVA OPENS THE EP WITH LYRICS ARE EQUAL PARTS POP-TROPE AND PLAYGROUND-TAUNT. IT TEASES THE RULE-MAKERS; THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE WHAT BAD IS WHAT GENDER IS ARE LIKE KIDS DECLARING WHICH PIECES OF FURNITURE ARE MADE OF LAVA. I AM LAVA! CAN'T TOUCH ME!

I MAKE UP THE RULES! I MAKE UP THE RULES! I CAN HAVE A KICK-SOLO IN MY SONG IF I WANT! SOME OF THE KICK-PATTERNS WERE MADE USING BPM-AUTOMATION. GOOD LUCK DJING THIS ONE. ALSO, GOOD LUCK LEARNING THE HAND-CLAPPING GAME ONCE IT HITS THE PLAYGROUND.

FAKE DETAILS THE DIFFICULTIES OF DATING WHEN EVERYONE THINKS YOUR GENDER IS MADE UP. ALL IDENTITY IS MADE UP, LOSERS. THERE IS NO SELF. ONCE THIS IS UNDERSTOOD IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACCESS THE SECRET WORLD BEHIND THE WATERFALL. I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY FAIRY GODFATHER LED ME THERE IN A DREAM.

FAKE'S PERCUSSION IS COMBUSTIBLE AND METALLIC. A SQUEAKING MATTRESS SINGS THE CHORUS. MOST OF THE SOUND DESIGN IS BY THE BRILLIANT STRACHKVAS. FAKE IS MY VERSION OF STRACHKVAS' VERSION OF MY OLD DEMO.

NEW ME IS ABOUT ENDURANCE.

NIGHT BUS REVS THE BPM UP TO 195. YOU HAVE TO GO HARD TO WITHSTAND THE VIOLENT NIGHT. LYRICS ARE BASED ON TRUE STORIES, SUCH AS THE TIME ORCHID-KILLERS CAME FOR ME, TOOK ALL MY MONEY, AND BURNED MY DIARY. SYNTHS ARE WOVEN FROM ANGEL VOICES, WHICH ACCOMPANY A BEAT OF TUMBLING GRAVEL.

NEW ME CLOSES WITH ITS TITLE TRACK, WHICH IS DENSE WITH HOT, COMFORTING NOISE. SOME SOUNDS ARE FIELD RECORDINGS (WOODSTOVE), SOME CLICKS AND GROWLS FROM VINTAGE BUCHLA & SERGE (THANKS TO A RESIDENCY AT ELEKTRONMUSIKSTUDION STOCKHOLM!), MORE SYNTHS ARE MADE WITH PITCH-SHIFTED AND SMEARED LAYERS OF MY VOICE AND FINISHED WITH ABLETON STOCK INSTRUMENTS DRENCHED IN SYRUP.

DON'T WANNA BURN OUT AT THE STAKE. DON'T WANNA BE AFRAID. JUST BE. JUST DANCE. A NEW ME SNAPPED INTO MY SPINE AND I LOVE THEM.

NEW ME IS ABOUT CONSTRUCTING, DESTROYING, AND BECOMING ONESELF.

- M