Insomniac by Brandon Brooks
This album was conceived for an event called February Album Writing Month, or FAWM. I had never even heard of it until the 28th or 29th of January 2024, and I immediately fell headfirst into it. The goal was to complete 14 songs for every other day of February as a, exercise in instincts, to not dwell on lyrics or themes or get caught up in the finer details.
This was just to make music after a pretty sizeable bout of writers block, as well as a bunch of other forms of self-imposed hiatus. It was fun, it was rewarding, it was exhausting, and ultimately, it is what it is. Themes may have developed naturally, but this was ultimately me moving on from one song to the next with no real goal except for making music.
Everything here was conceived, written, arranged, composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered between the dates of January 29th, 2024, and February 28th, 2024 (except for the instrumentation for "Blink", which began as a little experiment months earlier that I had no intention of continuing).
It ended up being an album about my insomnia; a day that starts fresh and devolves into the same quiet nights, while also learning and trying to grow. It's melancholic, but it's not hopeless.
It is far from perfect. It has highs and it has lows. It's something from nothing, and ultimately it's something that I'm proud of and grateful for the experience.
Tracklist
| 1. | Leap Year | 3:48 |
| 2. | Let's Keep It Light, Shall We? | 3:16 |
| 3. | Jughead | 3:14 |
| 4. | Blink | 3:06 |
| 5. | You'll Feel It When You Know It | 4:09 |
| 6. | Undone | 4:07 |
| 7. | All Your Pieces | 5:04 |
| 8. | Gap In The Doorway [Insomniac] | 2:32 |
| 9. | Pay Phone | 4:02 |
| 10. | Paperweight | 3:21 |
| 11. | The Night Before... | 3:38 |
| 12. | ...& Everything After | 3:21 |
| 13. | The Voices | 2:49 |
| 14. | Falling | 5:39 |
| 15. | Bag 'O Bones | 2:58 |
