It's Okay To Be Mad EP

by StraZ

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1.	Let's Open It 03:33	lyrics	buy track
(instrumental)
2.	Before I Fall 04:59	info	buy track
3.	If I'm Refraining 04:26	info	buy track
4.	I'm Gonna Lose It 06:26	info	buy track
5.	It's Okay To Be Mad 03:46	info	buy track
6.	And Now What? 03:20	info	buy track

about

Everything started with long moments of introspection. First confinement, then a second one. And amongst it, a lot of anger: crisis management, a divided society, the ongoing climate crisis, #metoo & #BlackLivesMatters still being all over the internet. The world is filled with anger. What to do with all this?

StraZ's answer: to welcome it, to embrace it. No more greenwashing, personal development courses, "OK boomer" remarks, and quick fixes. Anger is a healthy emotion if you take it as a starting point to instigate change. It can allow you to build new things, to create Art in a meaningful way.

StraZ used this energy to compose 'It's Okay To Be Mad', a 6-track EP illustrating the different aspects of anger: its origins, expressions, and consequences. Read as a single text, the various tracks of the EP give us a glimpse of the meaning of his approach: "Let's open it before I fall. If I'm refraining, I'm gonna lose it. It's okay to be mad... And now, what?"

StraZ offers a deep, intense and organic musical landscape, somewhere between Jon Hopkins, Rone and Moderat. The whole EP is powerful and aims to take you into a cathartic dimension when played live.

credits

released March 24, 2023

Music by StraZ / Sami Strazimiri
Mix & Mastering by Romain Boonen

EP Cover by Lionis Wolfram & Nathanaël Havez
EP & Single covers photos by Kelly Rigaux

Press pics by Diego Crutzen & Nathanaël Havez

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