K I L Y O

I AM SO INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WORK

THAT I HAVE DONE ON THIS RECORD. I'VE

NEVER FELT SO IN MY ELEMENT, I'VE NEVER

FELT SO WORTHY OF THIS LIFE, THAN HOW

I'VE FELT WHILE WRITING THESE SONGS.

I'VE BEEN SO SET FREE AND SO PROPELLED

FORWARD BY THIS MUSIC. I'VE INSPIRED MY

OWN SELF TO LET THE DEAD REST, TO LET

THE FUTURE BLOSSOM, AND TO ALLOW

MYSELF TO EXIST FULLY IN EACH PRESENT

MOMENT. THIS ALBUM EXAMINES THE

PROCESS OF LETTING GO, IT'S AN 

UNDERSTANDING OF CATCH AND RELEASE,

KNOWING THAT WHAT YOU MAY HAVE NOW

IS TEMPORARY, EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY,

AND EVERYTHING IS MEANT TO BE LIBERATED.

NOTHING IS OWNED, THERE ARE NO

POSSESSIONS. TO MAKE REFERENCE TO THE

SEA WAS A COMPLETELY NATURAL CHOICE,

A CHOICE I DID NOT CONSCIOUSLY MAKE,

BUT ONE THAT WAS MADE FOR ME BY THE

SEA ITSELF. FOR ONE, I WAS BORN UNDER

THE ZODIAC "PISCES", AND I IDENTIFY VERY

STRONGLY WITH THIS SIGN, BUT REALLY THE

CONNECTION I HAVE TO THE SEA IS FAR

BEYOND THIS MINOR DETAIL. I THINK OF

WATER FOR EVERY EMOTION I FEEL, THE EBB

AND FLOW OF ITS WAVES, THE MYSTERIES

OF ITS INHABITANTS, THE BEAUTY AT THE TOP AND THE DANGER AT THE BOTTOM, THE CONNECTION IT PROVIDES US FROM ONE PIECE OF LAND TO ANOTHER. IT'S SOMETHING SO INCREDIBLY HUGE THAT IT'S HARD TO REALLY FATHOM, TO PROCESS THE LARGENESS OF IT,

YET I FIND MYSELF TURNING TO THE SEA FOR ANSWERS - IN THAT WAY,  IT IS ALMOST GODLIKE. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT I WAS, I COULD SEE MYSELF ONLY FISHING, ONLY SAILING, SWIMMING, DROWNING, AND BECOMING A CREATURE OF THE OCEAN. THE ALBUM IS AN EXPLORATION INTO ONESELF TO FIND THE CURE FOR BROKENNESS, TO REPAIR THE PARTS OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, WHATEVER THE CAUSE MAY BE. TO REMEDY THE FEELING OF BEING ADRIFT, OF BEING LOST AND  DOUBTFUL OF YOUR EVERY MOVE, TO REMEDY THE FEELING OF BEING BETRAYED, TO REMEDY THE FEELINGS OF LONELINESS, RAGE, AND CONFUSION, TO REMEDY THE REMAINS OF YOU, AFTER LOVE IS GONE... THIS ALBUM IS SAD, THIS ALBUM IS FUN, THIS ALBUM HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR, A SENSE OF HUMANITY, AND A SENSE OF WONDERMENT THAT IS SURREAL, THAT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING, AND ABSOLUTELY EXHILARATING. XO KILYO.