People of the Abyss is the brainchild of Portland-based hip hop artist Trevor Brown. Trevor is a multi-instrumentalist who utilizes live instruments, percussion, and original samples to create his unique and smooth sound. Having spent several years playing in different bands and venues across the Pacific Northwest, Trevor created a new solo music project aimed at voicing the discontent many of us feel with the status quo of our political and social systems.
On the debut album from People of the Abyss, Trevor rallies the troops while defiantly expressing his frustration over our seemingly endless need to repeat previous mistakes. His visionary dreamcrafting on this album is bold, mesmerizing, and inventive, all while telling a story that is both compelling and evocative. Staring at the abyss ahead, Trevor takes us right to the edge and poetically dives right in.
lyrics
It’s a shipwreck baby can’t you see
These storms are flooding this deep blue sea
I’m trying to steer us into something calmer something shallow, something better, something a little less wetter
But I just sit there confused and it cripples me blind
We can’t allow it to happen this time
Cuz the thoughts and the feelings come racing like a storm
And every time we’ve had enough we always want more
And it’s a shame but if it keeps up at this rate
We’re playing with fire and messing with our fate
And as I look out past the storm and to the shore
I feel this is something we cannot afford.
So I turn away...
I'll just turn away.
See you sitting there baby and there’s nothing I can do but just turn away.
Turn away...
These waters have been calm for years
And I don't know what it is about this growing fear
It’s something that changed overnight
And I can’t seem to give a strong enough fight
But I’m trying to steer around those glaciers in our path
If we hit those I hate to see the aftermath
Cuz it ain’t nothing but a shipwreck
And if you want to save us we should abandon this deck
Cuz water is flowing all the way up to our knees
And soon we’ll be sinking in that cold sea
But we must struggle for that last gasping breathe
As we all try to avoid this watery death.
So I turn away...
I'll just turn away.
See you sitting there baby and there’s nothing I can do but just turn away.
Turn away...
It’s a shipwreck baby.
No more I won’t let this sink me
This ship won’t sink to the sea
credits
from A Fable Agreed Upon,
released October 6, 2017
All songs written by Trevor Brown
All instruments and vocals performed by Trevor Brown
Produced by Hans Twite, Trevor Brown, and Greg Mattson
Recorded, Engineered, and Mixed by Hans Twite
Mastered by Adam Straney @ Breakpoint Mastering, Portland, Oregon
Artwork by Chaz Brown @Storyville Studios, Portland, Oregon
Recorded at Ether Room Studios, Seattle, Washington and Beam Me Up Music, Portland, Oregon
People of the Abyss is the brainchild of Portland-based hip hop artist Trevor Brown. Trevor is a multi-instrumentalist who utilizes live instruments, percussion, and original samples to create his unique and smooth sound.
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