Lajumasa

EARTH ON FIRE WE UNAWARE


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"First things first, the inspiration for this album was perhaps triggered by the constant cycle of news and journals highlighting our inability to sustain our environment and finances. I often allow my imagination to wander, making me wonder about 'the day'—the day when everything we know vanishes little by little, buried just like the end of the world. The album itself was born from a simple motivation: to create a medium for me to express my thoughts and embrace my feelings from a very personal, positive place. I want it to be an album you keep listening to over time, feeling like a story told through ambient sound that conveys everything.
I've always been interested in an interpolative approach to topic elaboration, exploring subjects that are broad and contain deep, subliminal meanings, much like finding a hidden gem somewhere. The title itself sounds like a utopia, suggesting a dreamy, positive experience. But in truth, it's the antonym. If you take the opposite of those words, word for word, what you get is "Everything Worse Has Begun." This realization taught us that the album is actually about a dystopia—a hope we wait for that never comes, feeling separate, and loving even when all of those things are destined to end. Or, perhaps, they aren't?"
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