THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Thomas Erak, vocalist/guitarist, etc. of mathcore outfit The Fall Of Troy, has just released a new solo album titled (AU), under the banner of Thomas Erak & The Ouroboros.
The origins of this new album commenced during the pandemic, with Erak pursuing the project at Robert Lang Studios in Shoreline, WA. Engineer Ranen Johnson was involved in those sessions, as Erak himself explained:
“I owe him lots of love and props for getting me a rate I could afford as I wasn’t able to work. My royalty checks aren’t rockstar money. Haha. Plus, they only come three times a year and I was using them all for either rent or this album since I was on EBT and was living in the cheapest spot in the U-District in Seattle I could find. It was nicknamed ‘The Hole’ … Fitting. Ranen helped me finish up the guitars and the vocals and was just a pleasure to be around as by now I’d been locked up for years not knowing if I’d ever play music live again.”
As for how the album turned out: “[I] made an album all by myself and played all the instruments. I hope it surprises you and you enjoy it (as much as I surprised myself with what I was able to pull out of myself.)”
