MILITARY GENIUS - Scarred For Life


Military Genius

LP (100g)

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Date of release: Feb 07 2025


"Military Genius (aka songwriter/producer Bryce Cloghesy) delivers the follow-up to his atmospheric 2020 debut Deep Web. Scarred For Life is a genre-flexing mix of bass-heavy R&B, spaced dub, and jazz that is newly grounded within a more traditional rock framework and centered on lyricism. Lead single "Darkest Hour" reflects a head first journey into the unknown.
The starting point for Scarred For Life-written, recorded, engineered, and produced by Cloghesy-was to try and make sense of 'the toll taken by a life lived, and the complex beauty of a reality that can never be repeated or replicated.'
Cloghesy faced his creative crosswords by embracing raw acoustic sounds and a 'human-first' approach to the recording process. Ideas were formulated and initially recorded onto cassette tape with minimal editing. Blemishes and artifacts were welcomed, adding to the record's realism and personal character.
Thematically, the album can be approached on a number of planes. The title refers to a gruesome episode in his life in 2012, when he had a near-death experience after falling through a window. Add a debilitating series of panic attacks and depressive episodes to the charge sheet-followed by several significant life changes like a move from Canada to California, getting married, and becoming a father-and it's clear the record has a lot of heavy lifting to do.
The Mojave Desert is maybe the key to the record's soul. Cloghesy has been living in Joshua Tree since 2023, shortly after the birth of his son. A lot of the music feels sunbaked, and the low key approach to arrangements may give a sense of being awestruck by the vast space and beauty of his new surroundings. The quietly subversive aspects of the compositions are deeply embedded, with recurring themes popping up across the work, for those who look closely enough.
While Scarred For Life is a predominantly quiet and reflective album, it's also full of soul and positivity. It's expertly crafted to be: Cloghesy can make a song suddenly twist on an unexpected chord change, or introduce an instrument that heralds a change in emotional weather. The music constantly plays between darkness and lightness, tension, and release. The last track, fittingly, is called "Into the Unknown," a swelling lament boasting a beautiful, lifting melody line. It sounds like it's being played in a deserted bar and has an air of early Tom Waits about it. The steady beat adds hope and a guitar lick wraps itself around the lovely piano coda. More than any other track, it looks toward the future."

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MILITARY GENIUS - Scarred For Life (LP)
Cat No: UOFH111
Barcode: 5061041820274
Packaging: LP (100g)
SKU 5573207
Barcode # 5061041820274
Artist Military Genius
Artist/Author MILITARY GENIUS
Shipping weight 0.6140kg
Format LP (100g)

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