ATTLAS Journeys Into ‘Carry It With You’ LP with ‘Waterbug’

From his debut LP Lavender God to its sophomore follow-up Out Right here With You, all the pieces earlier than and in between, ATTLAS has turn into considered one of mau5trap’s most celebrated artists. The Toronto native is a person of many hats, having grown up enjoying piano, trumpet, and guitar. The prolific composer and songwriter hails because the label’s first ever signee. Now, ATTLAS (actual title Jeff Hartford) returns to the deadmau5-fronted label to debut “Waterbug,” the primary single from his forthcoming third studio LP Carry It With You.

“It is an album of my hardest ideas about myself that I used to be pressured to deal with,” explains ATTLAS. “My previous and my failures and my errors I may not bury or run from or cover. They have been all that was round me. My isolation mentally and emotionally turned excessive to the purpose of damaging, however I discovered peace in what I assumed was a collapse. It afforded me new ideas and feelings that, earlier than I am going, I ought to attempt to write down and share. I attempted to write down selfishly, which is to say perhaps truthfully. And the results of that honesty is flawed, formidable, private, and exhausting to clarify. I miss lots of the outdated me, however since I could not discover the phrases to clarify it I needed to discover the notes and the sounds to clarify it, and that is what this album is. Be grand, be a catastrophe, do good, or apologize – it’s a must to carry it with you.”

Diving head first into Carry It With You, ATTLAS’ “Waterbug” is a sonic exploration of what’s but to come back from his subsequent physique of labor. An overture of kinds, “Waterbug” swells with rubato piano, tinkering on the floor elegantly earlier than plunging into glistening depths. Showcasing his compositional prowess, ATTLAS masterfully crafts ambient with progressive in his newest.

Take a look at “Waterbug” wherever you discover your music here, or stream it under on Spotify. ATTLAS’ Carry It With You debuts in full on Friday, March 11.