Chris Lafe King brings us a poignant and striking new single, "Wall of Awful." The album, "Neuroemergent," coincides with ADHD Awareness Month, a time when everyone is seeking knowledge. In keeping with his self-coined journalpop ethic, King transmutes his most intimate bon mots into songs that bubble with openness and appeal.
"Wall of Awful" is redemptive, taking readers through the invisible walls that ADHD and burnout can create. With lyrics that scan like quiet thoughts jotted in the margins of a restless mind, the song weighs the gravity of mental and emotional barricades and the release of reframing them. The song juxtaposes fragility and defiance, the push and pull of moments of collapse and clarity that follow. King's storytelling is strong in every line here, offering the perspective of someone who has lived under pressure and has come back to music as a place of reckoning and renewal. His voice is intimate in a late-night, one-on-one confessional way, the melodies spurring you into the rhythm of a mind both wild and perceptive.
"Neuroemergent" promises six tracks with that level of emotional impact, from the meditative cut "Wall of Awful" to the songs that reflect the fire and the fatigue of a restless mind. At heart, the EP is less a debut than a rediscovery, a second-chance manifesto in the form of music, a balm cast in song, for and upon all who hear it.
On "Wall of Awful," Chris Lafe King invites us to confront the walls that seem impassable and discover the clarity waiting beyond a personal, relatable anthem for everyone navigating the frenetic complexity of their thoughts, emotions, and life.
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