ARTIST: Selfish Things
TITLE: Vertical Love
LABEL: A Wolf At Your Door Records
GENRE: Punk
BITRATE: 255kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 23m total
RELEASE DATE: 2018-03-16
RIP DATE: 2018-07-30
Track List
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1. 8147 Mulholland Terrace 3:20
2. Rust Cohle Never Sleeps 3:55
3. Without You 3:08
4. Fire Years 3:33
5. Hangman 4:18
6. 1435 4:52
Release Notes:
While taking their name from Jimmy Eat WorldÆs ô23ö, with unmatched
determination Selfish Things prove they are neither selfish nor self-serving.
The Toronto, Ontario five-piece, consisting of Alex Biro (Vocals/Guitar/Piano),
Mike Ticar (Lead Guitar/Vocals), Cam Snooks (Rhythm Guitar), Burton Lavery
(Bass) and Jordan Trask (drums), bring unabashedly honest music to a world
fuelled by false promises and pretences.
Having spent years cultivating and nurturing his raw, natural talent, dedication
to musicianship and songwriting, frontman Alex Biro founded Selfish Things. All
of this, in the hope of shedding light on one simple, yet oftentimes overlooked,
concept ù honesty.
ôItÆs just honest,ö he explains. ôI think itÆs the first time in my life that
IÆve legitimately told the truth. I think itÆs really okay to engage with
darkness, to acknowledge it, despite the fact that people run from it. At a
show, the collective feeling you get when everyone is engaged in whatÆs
happening is irrefutably the equalization of our human suffering. I really feel
like our words connect to people in every way imaginable. ThatÆs the point of
what we do. I got so caught up in trying to be something I wasnÆt in my past
endeavours that I forgot what was important, and that was nobodyÆs fault but my
own. What weÆve created as this project, I think itÆs the first time in my life
that IÆve really just been honest with myself, my own suffering and the story I
want to tell.ö
Having spent September through October 2016 in Florida recording is the
culmination of BiroÆs own personal storm.
Vertical Love (releasing spring of 2018), produced by James Paul Wisner
(Dashboard Confessional, Paramore, Underoath), resounds with the passion and
wisdom of any seasoned band, yet also holds the unyielding determination of
youth and discovery. The band delivers six tracks of pure veracity, while
showcasing the personal journey of learning to love yourself despite the
mistakes and moments in time when you feel far away from the person you are
truly meant to be.
ôI strive to find happiness in the truth of the world, regardless of its undying
ugliness,ö Biro says, reflecting on his past struggles of being within an armÆs
length of dreams only to have them taken away by a mixture of luck, fate and
human nature. ôTo truly love yourself and your life, you must learn to love the
memories that define you.ö
In 2017, Selfish Things introduced the world to ôHangmanö, a stark call-to-arms
single tackling our inherent ability and dire need to shape our own future. A
true statement of intent for whatÆs to come from the band.
Biro says of Hangman: ôWhile we were working on the EP in Florida I was coming
to terms with a lot of different forces that were present in my life. IÆd always
struggled to deal with the anger IÆd felt toward the world/humanity, I guess,
and could never really figure out where all of the resentment came from. Hangman
was the result of me sorting my motivations out. Accepting that the world that
you donÆt like is only being perpetuated (and in large part) created by the bed
youÆve made for yourself. If you arenÆt happy with the way things are in the
present, itÆs probably because you donÆt like the person youÆve become in the
first place.ö