Stoic

As the album title suggests, this album has to do with finding your own way, especially during times of stress and turmoil. But the album is less about simply gritting one’s teeth and more about noticing what individuals can really do despite all their pain and suffering and tragedy. For me, these thematic qualities really came through in “Anhedonia,” a bleak meditation on the emptiness of a life built solely on consumption. This is a familiar theme, but one that tends not to get old, especially as more and more people realize that pleasure can be fleeting in unexpected ways. The lyrics, performed effectively by Filenko, come across as an anguished rasp, an angry cry for pleasure in a world where appetites are so easily sated. It’s one of the most convincing tracks on the album.(Carl Sederholm, Sea of tranquility reviews)