Born out of exhaustion and quietly defiant hope, PARIAH’s music is an open letter to anyone who’s risked everything for a dream that keeps breaking their heart. After years spent chasing success in bands and projects that never left the ground, PARIAH was born at rock bottom for vocalist/songwriter Quinn McGraw—a place where grief, purpose, and defiance blur.
“Infinite Hologram,” the latest and most philosophical track from PARIAH’s forthcoming EP, explores McGraw’s personal journey of rising from the collapse of a rigid faith to find a deeper, unexpected peace. Where once there was a fixation on afterlife and judgment, McGraw is now drawn to the grounding force of the present—a place where every moment suddenly becomes sacred, and embracing the reality of mortality offers true liberation.
“This song is me sitting in the realization that this life is all I can count on. And that’s not depressing—it’s liberating,” McGraw shares. “It snapped me back into the present and reminded me that every moment matters. Every second is sacred. If this is all I get, I don’t want to waste any of it. “Infinite Hologram” became a kind of meditation for me—not on death, but on how to live better knowing death is an inevitable part of my blink in this eternal cycle.”
It’s a reckoning with the idea that accepting the end can help us cherish the now. The song echoes with a new kind of strength—a spiritual armor forged by surviving loss and finding that nothing that happens can hurt forever. In McGraw’s words, “Once you realize nothing can hurt you forever, you stop being afraid of truly living.”
The title “Infinite Hologram” emerges from a contemplation of cycles and repetition, the feeling of being just one flicker in an endless loop. Rather than find this realization hopeless, McGraw sees a strange freedom in it: “There’s something haunting and beautiful about realizing we’re a flicker in this eternal cycle. Even if we’re temporary, we’re still real. That means something.”
If earlier singles “Pendulum” and “Wanderer” charted moments of breakthrough and breakdown, “Infinite Hologram” is the deep breath that follows—a song that invites listeners to look inward, to accept uncertainty, and to find meaning in each fleeting heartbeat. It’s a reminder, says McGraw, “that you have to live, now, while you still can.”
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