it is the eve of the release of undoubtedly my most ambitious songs to date.
ACT II.
only a few hundred will read this before the release day. in two years time, many hundreds of thousands of beautiful souls will have heard a song from this record thanks to the marketing teams we have employed who have been remarkably respectful about my intense attitude about my art and my first independent music release on my terms with full creative and financial control.
fewer people will hear the whole body of work together.
the music videos are filmed from different cultural perspectives and in multiple countries. one music video will feature a metaphorical theatrical performance by me. the music press will reveal each music video for you step by step over the coming years starting with "With or Without You" on day ONE of release, Monday, July 6.
today, however, i am an absolute nervous wreck. on the eve of finally releasing these songs to the world, i have one last moment with them alone. just me and them and their messages to me. these songs are a soundscape carved from dream-pop interwoven with stories from my life. stories of my friends. stories of strangers i have met in the days and nights of my life, the forgotten ones. stories i have experienced myself.
a journey is taken on ACT II that is nerving still, even to me. i don't make music for your entertainment. i make music for your heart and soul to dance with. tragedy requires a dance partner, and my music invites you to be mine, for tragedy is but an ever-present ghost in our lives that we seem to run from. so even if you listen to this record just once in your lives, i am grateful that you allowed this sound into your heart and mind. and for those who take a longer journey with the record, i am grateful to you to. for my life is my art. my art is my life. see you down the road. love, daniel angelus xox
thank you to:
high road pr for getting the record off and running
daryn brown for his honesty and sincerity about a work in progress and for allowing me to cry and stress about my struggles in out of the blue phone calls (check out his music)
david emery for finally negotiating and signing a deal with me(haha!) and allowing us to get back to what we do best all these years, making raw and emotive music in this modern day and age
my immediate friends and family who have been amazing this past 4 years as i go through the motions with every release and passage of life
my music listeners. with you, the ambition to go bigger and better with each record is multiplied. i hope you feel it as much as we do
U2 - the band.
amii dawes for your absolutely gorgeous voice and performing a superb take for the song that required this
