#PREMIERE 'SOMEONE ELSE TODAY' KMADO
Listen to 'SOMEONE ELSE TODAY' by KMADO taken from 'SAFEGUARDED, I'M EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL' out on 26th June via UNIZONE
'Safeguarded, I'm Everything Beautiful' follows a tumultuous, dark yet rewarding journey into self-acceptance. Offering an introspective look into schizophrenia, the Portuguese musician Kmado combines, bends and breaks his musical roots and inspirations at will to convey an immersive and high-intensity experience.
Taking from witch house and shoegaze, navigating into hard dance and chiptune and borrowing flavors from emo and lofi, these genres, among many other sounds, all function as catharsis in some way throughout the album. From the introductory 2-part track 'Someone Else Today' establishing the tone of the album through a brutal switch-up from a soft lofi guitar track into an explosive cathartic drop, to the emotionally-charged, anxiety-inducing gabber of 'SP Superstar' onto the chaotic fusion of jungle, metal and hard dance of 'Dream Weaver', and eventually ending on an eerily satisfying calmer note in 'Infinite Light Beams All at Once', the record takes the listener onto Kmado's navigation of his headspace through more troubling mental episodes.
Approaching themes of medication, symptom masking, psychosis, suicidal tendencies, paranoia and dissociation, Kmado, through a healthy dose of distorted, auto-tuned vocals, recounts in retrospect some of his more troublesome times and experiences dealing with his mental illness, ending the record in a bittersweet tone of acceptance.