Welsh four-piece Dream State have today released their brand new single "Twenty Letters", the final up front track to be released before their debut album "Primrose Path" is out.
"Twenty Letters is one of my favourite tracks from Primrose Path" says the CJ Gilpin, Dream State vocalist. "It was about a time in my life where it was a make or break moment. Society’s standardised ways of living were crippling; I was constantly carrying the pain of others around me and I started to face the shadow aspects to my own personality and felt trapped and tormented by my own mind. I sat in my room in the dark and I just cried and broke down. I felt so alone and all my pain rose to the surface and I had to face it all head on, rather than run from it like I always had by self-medicating".
"The urge to write had overcome me and felt that what I would write was either going to say goodbye or ease some pain in some way but I knew that night I would do things differently this time. As I started to write, I flooded pages with all the things that were hurting me and my lack of understanding of it all, but shortly after I purged my pain, hope would follow and conquer it. It was cathartic doing it that way. I could still feel the weight on my chest and stomach and I just suddenly had enough of myself. I could not continue living this way. I cannot not let my pain as well as others keep drowning me like this. I’m so grateful for that night because I was able to go through this breakdown alone and without drink or drugs. I stared at my monster in the mirror I made friends with it, I understood it. I felt completely undone by everything and nothing could hurt me again. I had learnt that in order for my soul to change, I must learn and face the shadow aspects to my personality and learn from them, rather than hiding from them. Light has illuminated the way for me and the darkness has shaped it. I’m friends with both and I understand its purpose now. I ended the night holding those letters of mine close and laid there grateful and ready for whatever happens next".
Debut album "Primrose Path'" was recorded at Silk Mill Studios in Stoke-On-Trent by Dan Weller (Enter Shikari) and will be released through UNFD (Frank Iero, Stray From The Path, Northlane) on October 18th. It has been preceded by the singles "Open Windows" and "Primrose".
The debut album' is the follow up to the bands debut "Recovery" EP (20 million streams and counting) back in 2018, the same year the band received the Kerrang! Magazine 'Best British Newcomer' award. They also won the Best British Newcomer at this years Heavy Music Awards, voted for by fans as well as over 600 industry insiders.
The band will be on tour in Europe supporting Being As An Ocean in November - check out the dates below.
DREAM STATE - EUROPEAN TOUR SUPPORTING BAAO
November 10th @ Kantine (Cologne, DE)
November 11th @ Salzhaus (Winterthur, CH)
November 12th @ Backstage (Munich, DE)
November 13th @ Z-Bau (Nurnberg, DE)
November 14th @ Grelle Forelle (Wien, AT)
November 16th @ Instant (Budapest, HU)
November 17th @ Lido (Berlin, DE)
November 18th @ Conne Island (Leipzig, DE)
November 19th @ Knust (Hamburg, DE)
November 20th @ Fangelset (Gothenburg, SE)
November 21st @ Spinnrocken Sodertalje (Stockholm, SE)
November 22nd @ Beta (Copenhagen, DK)
November 24th @ Sputnikhalle (Munster, DE)
November 26th @ Substage (Karlsruhe, DE)
November 28th @ Sala La Nau (Barcelona, ES)
November 29th @ Sala Fever (Bilbao, ES)
November 30th @ Timeout Studio (Lisboa, PT)
December 1st @ Sala Independence (Madrid, ES)
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