Writing music can be a great way to reflect over and finally close chapters in your life you’d never want to return to again. In the case of “Famine”, this couldn’t be more true. 2020-2021 was the downfall of my life in many ways – I was never to be the same, for good and bad.
As a result of digging into this, the multi-faceted hope and reflection of “Soulsearching” is completely gone on this album. Just for these 50 minutes, I’m looking backwards instead of gazing into the sun ahead. If you’re looking for dreamy shoegaze sections or “what ifs”, this is not the Soliloquium album.
“Famine” is pure abyssal hopelessness, because it’s mostly what I remember of those two years. It was something I needed to capture and conceptualize, now it’s finally time to forget and move on.
Tracklist
- Famine
- 2 A.M.
- The Healing Process
- Poison Well
- Själamörker
- The Weight of the Unspoken
- Imposter Syndrome
- Vigil
“Famine” credits
- Stefan Nordström – vocals, guitars
- Jonas Bergkvist – bass
- Xines – drums
- Jari Lindholm – guitars (track 2), keyboards
- Bianca Höllmüller – piano/keyboards (track 3)
- Chelsea Murphy – vocals (track 4)
- Josep Brunet Guasp – vocals (track 8)
- Henrik Ekholm – backing/additional vocals (tracks 1, 5, 7)
- Enas el-Said – backing/additional vocals (tracks 3, 8)
Music and lyrics by Stefan Nordström.
Mixed and mastered by Jari Lindholm.
Album cover art by Oliver Palmqvist.
Logo by Gogo Melone.
“Famine” musical influences
Musically, I had to take a step back into basic death/doom metal for a while to paint the right picture. Some of the shoegaze and alternative rock moments didn’t quite fit the theme, but they’re not gone forever in Soliloquium music. “Famine” also represents a more cathartic side of Soliloquium’s music. I don’t want this to be a comfortable listen to nod your head along to. I want you to really feel it.
“Famine” is dark suburban, hopeless extreme metal for the lonely, hopeless and disharmonious. Lost in times of “Famine”. Good riddance.
