The Blssm's Pure Energy is Infectious
I was dreaming so heavily when I was in the crux of recording my latest EP; having super vivid and surreal-like dreams. I'm a super vivacious, but highly anxious person. With being a big dreamer also comes this looming anxiety that burns inside of me most days…
PURE ENERGY is a collage of a timestamp of my life. A hopeful, dreaming, sensationalized and visceral time in my life… where I'm building, reaching and hoping. It feels celebratory as much as it is cathartic. Every song on the EP is so different and has its own narrative and story.
Writing some of the songs on this EP were some of the most exciting moments for me; it’s the most thrilling feeling. I had so many feelings bubbling inside of me and this was my chance to let them run free.
I feel so lucky that I was able to make this EP with some of my favorite people. I recorded most of it in LA with James Ivy, Nick Long, Suzy Shinn and my dad Mark Lizotte, who’s super crucial to my writing. He plays most of the guitar all over the EP and his guitar tones, riffs and melodies echo my kind of melodies, it’s like we’re in sync! ___STEADY_PAYWALL__
My dad is a huge influence for me, he’s my biggest inspiration. He gave me the confidence to write songs and really just stick to my guns when I feel a certain way about creative decisions and intentions. He taught me that music is genre-less and to develop your own language, you need to be instinctive and intuitive with how you feel and what you hear.
___STEADY_PAYWALL___
“I cannot wait for you to feel like this project is totally yours. Listen to it on the subway, or while you’re in bed daydreaming!”
I think that’s what really helps me to carve out such a defiant sound that can be inspired by so many different genres and subcultures, but ultimately still sound like me. The guitar is always a recurring and consistent theme. It’s my favorite instrument and honestly my favorite sound.
There are little pieces of my heart cut out and scattered throughout. It’s like I’ve done surgery on myself and cut out pieces of myself then put them back together again. That’s what music feels like to me. To destroy and heal again and again. It’s as pure as that, and that’s why it feels untouchable to me and unparalleled to anything else I love.
I named the project PURE ENERGY because that was the sound direction for the project and also the most defined way to describe what it sounded like when people were asking. It feels like it’s all these different layers of my personality and characters having conversations with each other.
My favorite song from the EP is “I HATE SUNDAY.” Its sound palette is the one that feels most fulfilling to me as well as the concept and theme behind the writing. There are so many highs and lows throughout the EP that feel like waves of emotions growing and changing. It’s definitely a maximalist version of my personality.
I cannot wait for you to feel like this project is totally yours. Listen to it on the subway, or while you’re in bed daydreaming! Listen to it on your worst day, so it may help alleviate melancholy feelings. It doesn't matter to me as long as it makes you feel something.
