Obviously not a Canadian release, but this needed featuring.
The Internet’s bassist and producer Patrick Paige II has announced his debut solo album, Letters Of Irrelevance, set for release on May 18, 2018 via Empire Distribution.
Letters Of Irrelevance was written and produced by Paige and features The Internet’s frontwoman Syd, Kari Faux, ForteBowie, Khadi Don, Andris Mattson (of Moonchild), Durnand Bernarr, Paris Strother (of King), Dave Rosser and Nick Green of NickeyDavey, and a previously recorded a cappella of Patrick’s mother.
Letters Of Irrelevance is an exciting next step for Paige, with the debut set to showcase his prowess as not only a bass guitarist, but also a soulful R&B singer, rapper and producer.
The FADER premiered the video for first single “On My Mind / Charge It To The Game,” with writer Rawiya Kameir noting: “I had to hit pause like 30 seconds in. There’s only so much bawling I can do in public, and ‘On My Mind,’ featuring trademark buttery vocals from Syd, is an unexpected punch to the gut.”
And also: “Patrick is perhaps better known as The Internet’s wildly talented, perfectly loc’ed bassist/producer, but it turns out he’s pretty damn good at rapping, too.”
The Los Angeles-based musician began his career in The Internet working behind the scenes with Matt Martians and Syd, and soon began sharing the stage as a bassist for the group. The Internet has toured the world and received widespread critical acclaim. Their GRAMMY-nominated latest album Ego Death (2015) was hailed as one of the year’s favorites by the likes of Rolling Stone, FADER, Complex, NPR, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Pigeons & Planes, Nerdist, Noisey, and many more
While predominately a bassist and producer, Patrick Paige began writing more after going through a tragic time in his life. Patrick notes, “3 years ago my sister and I lost our mother, I went through a bad breakup, and fell out with a couple of family members all at once. I hit the lowest point in my life, but still had my friends around me (including my band). During that time, I also experienced living on my own for the first time and that made things more difficult at times. During that summer, I had a cat named Yuka and she saved my life. I’ve tried to take from that experience and channel it the best I can and write about all of those moments and thus Letters Of Irrelevance was born.”
Patrick adds, “I try to stay as honest and vulnerable as possible through all of my music to help the listener really empathize with my story. I feel it’s important to share my story in hopes I can someday help someone who may also be at their lowest but realize the storm doesn’t last forever, or to help those appreciate who they have around them as much as they can because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.”
Letters Of Irrelevance is available for pre-order now here.
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