After returning with new track ‘First Aid’ back in April, Gus Dapperton has confirmed that his second album ‘Orca’ - the follow-up to his 2018 debut ‘Where Polly People Go To Read’ - will be arriving on 18th September via AWAL.
Speaking to us last year about the new record, Gus explained, “It’s about self-reflection, sort of. It’s a bit more emo. I started feeling more emo. I just kind of feel like I felt in high school. I’ve always been really independent but I feel like there have been a lot of forces trying to make me feel less independent. It’s just stressing me out a little bit. I know what I need to do to get through it but that’s the vibe. I like that kind of music though and I liked when I used to make music like that.”
“I was unbalanced,” he recalls. “My lifestyle and habits had gotten extreme. I wasn’t getting eight hours of sleep a night, I was drinking and doing drugs often. Wasn’t eating healthy. And on top of it, I was performing. A show can be the most inspirational, emotional high; but if something goes wrong it can be devastating.”
Resulting in a much more raw record, Gus admits that exploring these feelings while making ‘Orca’ “was a chance to be open that I was afraid of”, resulting in a cathartic experience as he conveyed his emotions into music.
by diymag