My new abstract/electronic album 'The Day After' is out today on digital platforms.
I must admit it feels very odd to be creating any social media post on the same day that Andrew Walker, a senior coroner in the UK, has quite rightly pointed the finger at Meta (Facebook + Instagram + WhatsApp) for their part in the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell stating that, "She died from an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content" (source: BBC News). As ever in recent times, I feel very apprehensive about social media which is why I now post so little.
In contrast, my hope for the 'The Day After' project is that, in some small way, it will be helpful or valuable to those that see and/or hear it. I created it as a personal, artistic response to the desolation we're seeing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and now, maybe for a few people, this could act as a channel for anger or grief or confusion when nothing seems to make sense.
The album consists of a single 39-minute track of controlled feedback, drone choirs, a little electric violin and a thick morass of analogue + digital electronics. Although rightly dominated by a slow, glacial, heavy lament for most of its length, something like hope breaks through in the final minutes: a prayer that resolution will come. It's an extended version of the score to the experimental short film of the same name which is screening at smaller film festivals this year, including the London Rocks Film Festival in November.
You can find the album on Apple Music, Spotify, Bandcamp etc.
If you can't afford a music streaming service, note that you can now play the album as many times as you like for free on Bandcamp (although any purchase through BC is much appreciated).
https://danielthomasfreeman.bandcamp.com/album/the-day-after-original-film-soundtrack
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-day-after/1638878842
https://open.spotify.com/album/0j3LdASx6Nj4X9Kz0uxwcl?si=qwXLRGGiRS-gxmwqVHgWrw
