Visitor by Dominic Sen
Dominic Sen is no stranger to feelings of alienation. Drawn to Earth by a series of intercepted radio waves depicting a vibrant and thriving pop culture from the 1980s and 1990s, they fell in love with the planet, but could not escape an inevitable sense of estrangement from its people. Drawing on this experience, Dominic Sen crafted their debut album Visitor. This hook-laden and dance-inspiring concept album pulls from the sounds of our recent past to tell the story of another visitor to Earth.
Throughout Visitor we follow a female protagonist’s own feelings of alienation as it progresses from being a stranger to the planet to the realities of being a woman existing in a society and a romantic partnership that rejects her wholeness and complexity. Visitor is simultaneously love story, space opera, and thought experiment. It is an ode to Dominic Sen’s love of science fiction, pop music, and exploring duality. It is a grooving, throwback pop record that starkly chronicles the challenges that often come as part of the cis-female experience.
Tracklist
| 1. | Abroad | 3:40 |
| 2. | Hear Me | 3:55 |
| 3. | Atalanta | 3:39 |
| 4. | Natural History | 4:09 |
| 5. | What It Is | 2:57 |
| 6. | Time to Go | 1:16 |
| 7. | Know Me | 3:38 |
| 8. | Veil | 1:59 |
| 9. | Can't Tell You | 3:47 |
| 10. | Leave It | 3:03 |
| 11. | I'm Yours | 3:56 |
| 12. | Time 2 Go | 0:49 |
| 13. | Sleeping on Trains | 3:36 |
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Credits
Dominic Sen is Alexandra Lily Cohen
Cover photo by Brian Vu
Produced & Written by Dominic Sen, Cameron Wisch, and Ronnie Stone
Mixed by David Tolomei
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Special thanks:
Mary and Brady Clark
Robert Cohen
Ben Wisch
Sam and Barbara Adams (Pinebush Studios)
Rosa Luna
Andi Wilson
Jeanette Wall
Laura Jones
Peter Wiley
Adrian Sebastian Haynes, Tomas Garcia-Olano and Andrew Stevens
