Something to Listen to In The Meantime
Lumonest’s unreleased tracks, in the meantime…
“I wanted to make some lofi vibes since we all stuck in the crib smell me? I had some throwaways from my next album along with some unreleased stuff laying around so I decided to put it together thus the title ‘In The Meantime...’” - Lumonest
TRACKLIST
and insight from Lumonest, T from Various and Aníbal.
miss communication
is about not feeling understood in a relationship.
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“bulba (feat t from various)
is a sneak peak into a project T from Various and I are working on.”
T from Various:
“Bulba was just an instrumental. A really fucking good instrumental. It doubled as an opportunity for me to express myself emotionally.”
When they started writing, T had to tell Lumonest to extend the instrumental because they had so much to let go.
Photo taken by @1300kai
“It all came natural to me, the track was a therapy session in a way.”
This is one of T’s most realistic and serious songs, talking about their world views and their feelings as a black non-binary person in America.
“I learned at 13, when I thought, if I walked on this block would a cracker just end me?”
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ivysaur
is inspired by Pokémon. “I been playing Pokémon since we got stuck lol”
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spiral
is about the feeling of anxiety and fright that all of us are feeling since the beginning of the confinement. People are losing their jobs, not being able to pay their bills or knowing how food is gonna get to the table.
“Everyday becomes ritualistic. A monotonous loop. A spiral.”
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obe (feat aníbal)
stands for Outer Body Experience and was originally part of Lumonest’s upcoming album, “Welcome to the World”.
OBE talks about Aníbal’s experience with astral projection and how it helped him understand his own feelings from a third person perspective.
Aníbal:
“I remember in the summer of 2019 I was veryyy lonely most of the time and fully consumed by my vices making it difficult for me to find balance.” He felt loneliness and insecurities, yet always found a way to see the sunlight through the clouds.
“I realized that I needed to heal, so I started looking for healing methods and discovered astral projection… I tried it one night and it changed everything.”
Seeing himself from a different standpoint made him feel renewed, but he still knew there was something deeper, and was able to trace it back to his childhood. “I realized that the biggest theme of my childhood was losing my innocence; whether it was to drugs, love, abuse, porn, I always felt like my innocence was being robbed from me.”
“death already grows here, there’s no cut and sew for my soul when it seems won’t disappear”
are the last words of the song that refer to realizing there is no going back to the innocence you lost no matter how hard you try. “The only thing we can do is remember that inner child and show it love.”
“I just made it to be in the house to. Clean your room to it, eat some shrooms, drunk dial an ex you ain’t talk to in a minute type vibe.”
Lumonest might seem to be in the shadows, but he is always working on music and will be releasing collaborations with some local artists very soon.
Follow Lumonest on Instagram @thankslumo
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T from Various: Instagram @tfromvarious - T’s highlight
Aníbal: Instagram @anivvval
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