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Founder and singer/songwriter and guitarist Tim McDonald plays his guitar with delays to cover the bass and drum parts, and classically trained Russian pianist, keyboardist and vocalist Lana Antropova has added \"kick drum\" to her repertoire.\n\nCarrying on the seamless vibe and philosophy rich themes that once earned them critical raves as \"soulful poetry turned into song, rock and roll and introspection all in one,\" Broken Poets release a compelling four song self titled EP as a prelude to a wildly ambitious multi-media project that employs Lana's skills as a visual artist and Tim's as a writer of prose. Its unique title is also the name of the fourth song on the EP, \"For The Death of Dustin Essary.\" The other songs, \"Singularity,\" \"The Clairvoyant\" and \"My Selfish Altruism,\" develop themes and characters first introduced to Tim as a child by his friend Dustin Essary, who had dreams relating to each theme as he battled cancer from the ages of ten to thirteen. Tim began writing songs shortly after Dustin's passing and now, decades later, expresses his emotions and the lessons learned from this unique friendship in powerful musical ways. Tim and Lana's vision is enhanced by project co-producer and mixer Joe Myers, a long time artist friend of the two.\n\n\"These songs came out of the blue over the past few years,\" says Tim. \"Dustin had these dreams before he died and I created fiction around the images he once told me, writing songs as part of larger chapters. One song is about a scientist, another about a clairvoyant and the third about a spiritual leader. The overriding theme ties in the idea that often when creative people come up with incredible ideas, we think they're crazy - only to realize later that they're not. Philosophically, Broken Poets is working on the idea that science, metaphysics and religion are linked somehow by an underlying universal energy. In our story, those three fields tap into that energy and there is a lot of crossover.\"\n\nThe EP's infectious, hypnotic opening track \"Singularity\" explores the debate of science vs. religion. As Tim sees it, \"If the scientist was more mystical and had more faith, he'd be farther along as a scientist. If the religious person were more open minded towards science, he would see God in a whole new way.\" \"The Clairvoyant\" is about a metaphysically gifted person coming to terms with his/her responsibility as an artist in that unique and often misunderstood field. The oxymoronic title \"My Selfish Altriusm\" tackles the notion of hypocrisy in religion and in our everyday lives, where both spiritual leaders, and people in general, preach about love and honesty while living very differently away from the pulpit. It taps into the potential for good and bad in all of us. The Dustin song finds Tim coming to terms with life and death - an extension of Broken Poets' philosophy of everything in nature happening without interference and the way we can so easily get in its way. 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