"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 (instrumental)
2. Last Good Sin (instrumental)
3. So Bad (instrumental)
4. Next Life (instrumental)
5. Our Time is Gone (instrumental)
6. Almost Dangerous (instrumental)
7. Dead Locked Eyes (instrumental)
8. Heart of Stone (instrumental)
9. Digging a Grave (instrumental)
10. Ready (instrumental)
11. Before the Fallout Comes (instrumental)
12. It's Over Now (instrumental)
13. Locked Inside With the Key (instrumental)
14. Lost Again (instrumental)
15. Paradise Is Fading (instrumental)
16. Wish I Could (instrumental)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 8/14/2011
Shadows from the Underground lives in Colorado USA

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

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2. Electro Retro by Ambient Teknology: upbeat underground with shades of new wave
3. Let It Turn by Barks and Crock: Berlin based electronic music - from ambient atmospheric to dance
4. We Name the Guilty Men (10th Anniversary Redux) by Rocket City Riot: high energy rock and roll
5. Dark Harpsichord Music by Colin Booth: solo harpsichord music
6. Megaton Robotic Apple Pie (instrumental) by Chinaski: dark and driving energetic alternative rock
7. Hark, the Glad Sound! by Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping folkgrass
8. Uccellini by Altri Stromenti: 17th century baroque ensemble
9. Affinity by Massimo DeAngelis: original jazz fusion with hints of rock, classical and Latin music
10. Welcome to Mania by The Rapture: Electronica with a heart
11. A Lestampida by Dufay Collective: instrumental and vocal music from the Middle Ages and Reniassance
12. Another Day by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
13. My Darling, The Glass Was Always Half Empty by Flurries: a fresh, textured fusion of classic meets modern art rock
14. (instrumental) My Darling, The Glass Was Always Half Empty by Flurries: a fresh, textured fusion of classic meets modern art rock
15. Electroluv by Mr Gelatine: buzzy, trippy, glitchy melodic electronica
16. Cry Wolf by Ehren Starks: piano and cello/jazzy new age
17. Musical Incense - volume two (Hang and Guitar Duets) by Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
18. Musical Incense - volume one (Hang and Guitar Duets) by Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
19. Circular by Andy Carhart: acoustic and electronic rock guitar music with a contemplative character
20. Last Day of Summer by Andrew Jilin: merging classical European and traditional Japanese to create captivating cinematic flute music

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