Thomas Erak, vocalist/guitarist, etc. of mathcore outfit The Fall Of Troy, will be releasing a new solo album titled “(AU)” on January 31st through Equal Vision Records. Erak will be issuing the record under the banner of Thomas Erak & The Ouroboros.
A video for the lead single, “A.D.D.T.M. (Attention Deficit Disorder Of The Masses)“, has just emerged online, with Alex Zarek having directed it. A stream of the track “”You Got The Wrong One Day, Buddy…”” has also been shared. The origins of this new album commenced during the pandemic, with Erak pursuing the project at Robert Lang Studios in Shoreline, WA. Engineer Ranen Johnson was involved in those sessions, as Erak himself explained:
“I owe him lots of love and props for getting me a rate I could afford as I wasn’t able to work. My royalty checks aren’t rockstar money. Haha. Plus, they only come three times a year and I was using them all for either rent or this album since I was on EBT and was living in the cheapest spot in the U-District in Seattle I could find. It was nicknamed ‘The Hole’ … Fitting. Ranen helped me finish up the guitars and the vocals and was just a pleasure to be around as by now I’d been locked up for years not knowing if I’d ever play music live again.”
Erak later added of how the album turned out:
“[I] made an album all by myself and played all the instruments. I hope it surprises you and you enjoy it (as much as I surprised myself with what I was able to pull out of myself.)”
“(AU)” track listing:
01 – “Unlawful Assembly”
02 – “Conjugal Visits”
03 – “A.D.D.T.M. (Attention Deficit Disorder of The Masses)”
04. – “DCLXVI (666)”
05 – “How High Is Your I.Q.?”
06 – “Figure It Out!”
07 – “Fucking Up”
08 – “Colic”
09 – “Thousands of Dead Satellites ”
10 – “Triggered”
11 – ““You Got The Wrong One Today, Buddy…””
12 – “Dial Tone”
13 – “Wormhole”
