Son Little arbejder med trauma på nyt album – Like Neptune ude d. 9/9
Son Little annoncerer i dag sit nye album Like Neptune, der udkommer d. 9. september på ANTI- / Playground Music. Sammen med annonceringen udgiver Son Little de to nye singler ’deeper’ og ’stoned love’.
Son Little fortsætter med at revolutionere den moderne forståelse for R&B. Like Neptune, der er blevet til i en hytte med udsigt over Delaware River i upstate New York, er et åbent og skrøbeligt portræt af uhæmmet glæde og selvaccept. På albummet forvandler Son Little sin kroniske smerte ved at tvivle på sig selv, til et smukt opus om at overkomme trauma og om healing.
"In the beginning of lockdown, I went into a closet full of junk and found a couple of boxes full of my old writing books,” forklarer han. “There turned out to be 72 books in there. The oldest book I got as a Christmas present when I was 9. In it, I wrote letters to myself about what was happening in my life. One page refers to a neighbor in Queens who abused me sexually around age 5. It was the first and only time I’d ever acknowledge this fact until after my 19th birthday, when I told my mother what had happened. She begged me to go to therapy. I went under protest. My attempt wasn’t sincere. I wasn’t ready. I thought I could just power through it.”
År med angst, depression, panikanfald og eksistentiel frygt, ofte dulmet med alkohol, stoffer eller sex. Et uhyggeligt trafikuheld og det at blive arresteret, ledte Son Little til at gå i terapi i 2017. Med brug af progressive metoder som EMDR og somatisk healing, kunne han, med hjælp fra dygtige terapeuter, begynde at identificere rødderne til sit traume og hvor i kroppen det boede. Men det største gennembrud kom med Internal Family Systems, en metodologi, der anerkender traumetriggers som ’en del’ af personen, og som kræver at patienten har samtaler med de traumatiserede personligheder indeni sig selv.
“One day in therapy I started talking to myself– to that annoying inner voice that criticizes everything when you mess up. I asked them how old they were and they said ‘10’. I asked if they knew who I was, or how old I was and they said ‘no'! Strange as it all seems it’s had some amazing results. I’m able to soothe and comfort my inner…children.”
Den åbne udveksling med sit sårede selv, udfordrer en fremherskende tilgang til eller tradition for stilhed og fortielse omkring traumer i R&B genren En form for misbrug, der har floreret og ændret livet for nogle af R&B’ens mest ikoniske musikere. Like Neptune er en modreaktion på denne tradition og den gør op med den kolosale indflydelse det har haft i disse artisters lyd, musik og liv.
Lyt til ’deeper’ og ’stoned love’ her.
Like Neptune Tracklist
1. drummer
2. 6 AM
3. like neptune
4. bend yr ear
5. inside out
6. Didn’t Mean a Thing
7. stoned love
8. deeper
9. no friend of mine
10. Playing Both Sides
11. gloria
12. what’s good
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