the title of this record comes from a discussion group i joined my junior year of college. it blends politics, religion and philosophy into two hours of debate once every monday night. there was much pomp and circumstance around the debate topics; we'd get a super professional-looking email each weekend with a prompt and quotes to kick-start our thoughts. they'd always start with

Resolved,

then go into whatever the actual topic was. i grew to appreciate the word "resolved" as it was used in the prompt - it's normally used to describe something ending, but in this case, it marked the *beginning* of a conversation.

resolved is an ending and a beginning.

i originally wanted to write another full-length record after dumb luck, but slowly realized that songs don't flow out of an artist at the same rate all the time. dumb luck had a story to follow - that's why there were tracks on there that we didn't ever really play live, they just served the story - and this record doesn't do that.

these songs were crafted out of my experience over the past year. mental health will always be close to the center of this music, and this record reflects what's happened - instead of being able to face depression like an enemy with a weapon waiting to be killed, it's changed. it's become harder to identify. it doesn't slap me across the face, it just paralyzes me. i can't move. can't respond to texts. can't check my grades. can't get out of bed.

the lyrics on this ep attempt to show the effects of this paralysis through my experiences over the past year. it affected my attendance at important events, how i spent my "free" time, how i pushed myself away from relationships, and it eventually brought me right back to the edge.

the songs were much more of a group effort this time around. i brought some extremely rough demos to the band, and through a summer of practice, touring and recording, possibly our last, we collectively turned them into six separate pieces of our world.

they are yours now.