"Musings, Ballads, and Paradoxes" is a collection of songs from three albums: "Love Songs For The Tortured Souls" (2007), "The Crooked Mile" (2008), and "Metamorphosis" (2009).

"Love Songs For The Tortured Souls" is a journal of heartbreak, self-destruction, and forbidden love. It sums up my angst-ridden mid-20's in Los Angeles. Writing and recording those songs helped me survive the darkness I was experiencing at the time.

A lot changed for me after finishing "Love Songs." Within the course of a year, I was married and living in Colorado. I realized what my life could be like if I came to terms with the demons in my soul. "The Crooked Mile" is an exorcism of these demons. The songs document my turbulent journey on the road to inner peace.

I started working on "Metamorphosis" immediately after I found out that I was going to become a father. The album is a narrative of my transition into pending fatherhood, with songs about commitment, sacrifice, and life-changes.

1. Tangled and Twisted
2. Last Good Sin
3. So Bad
4. Next Life
5. Our Time Is Gone
6. Almost Dangerous
7. Dead Locked Eyes
8. Heart Of Stone
9. Digging A Grave
10. Ready
11. Before The Fallout Comes
12. It's Over Now
13. Locked Inside With The Key
14. Lost Again
15. Paradise Is Fading
16. Wish I Could

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 9/11/2010
Shadows from the Underground lives in Colorado USA

Tagged as: Alt Rock, Other, Vocal, Electric Guitar

1. Revelations Per Minute by Beyond 7: 7 slices of raw guitar pop
2. Jumping In by Michael Tiernan: AAA acoustic-driven rock - Jack Johnson meets Coldplay, Keruac meets Confucius
3. Riot Kings by Riot Kings: when music rocks, Riot Kings rule!
4. Geeking Dream by The Strap Ons: snot-voiced thrashing punk 'n' roll
5. Strait 2 the Streets by Hwy E: excellent new school feeling hip-hop
6. Torsos and Good Times by Monte Casino: where modern rock meets classic rock
7. LA Can Wait by Michael Tiernan: AAA acoustic-driven rock - Jack Johnson meets Coldplay, Keruac meets Confucius
8. We Name the Guilty Men (10th Anniversary Redux) by Rocket City Riot: high energy rock and roll
9. Middle Age Suicide by Rocket City Riot: high energy rock and roll
10. From Zero to Hero by Block Scholars: Award Winning Independent Hip Hop Group
11. The R Complex by Connor B Fitz: a one man indie project - half shy romantic hermit, half loud obnoxious rocker
12. Concordias Finest by Hwy E: excellent new school feeling hip-hop
13. Sweet Teen Killing Machine by Sweet Teen Killing Machine: don't go down into the cellar
14. Borrowed Time by Tom Paul: Roots rock meets contemporary folk
15. Goin' My Way by Ty Gibson: The Spirit and Soul of A Woman!
16. Absurdities and Other Assorted Flavors by CrimsonFaced: guitar-edged industrial electrorock
17. Up Too Late by Kurt Hunter: If Jason Mraz wrote upbeat pop songs for James Taylor to sing
18. Note to Self by Midway Still: Sensitive and loud, punk with a pop centre

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