▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓████████▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█████████████▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓██████▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░ ░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓██████▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░░▒▓█▓▒░▒▓████████▓▒░ Gorgeous*3 Energy is the debut project from Prior Self (previously Lithe), and the first release on his new label home away from home.
Gorgeous*3 Energy was written over the course of 2023 — a year of incomprehensible change for me and many people around me.
What I'm sharing with you now is the soundtrack of those transformative months: suddenly moving back to the town I grew up in after 13 years away, the hopelessness and reluctant acceptance of having to leave friends and family behind, the impossible unpreparedness of trying to support a grieving partner, being forced to slow down, learning to reconnect with the place I grew up in as an adult after so long away, and lastly finding beauty and comfort in the things I took for granted.
In a weird way this album mirrors the first Lithe EP, ‘Fervent Gum’. That record was inspired by the country I saw on the road trip from Townsville to Melbourne when I was 19, and the potential and the opportunity that I hoped was waiting for me. Now as the first record under the name Prior Self, ‘Gorgeous*3 Energy’ is inspired by the journey “home”.
1. Back Again --- 6:43
2. Nice Energy --- 5:06
3. Understatement of the Year --- 4:46
4. King of the Hill --- 7:20
5. Untitled --- 2:31
6. Aperitif --- 1:32
7. Epic Song --- 3:45
8. Track 7 ft. Oinbi --- 6:48
9. Cleanse --- 2:50
10. Gorgeous --- 9:06
Gorgeous*3 Energy was written, mixed, and mastered by Prior Self. Jake McPherson played guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10. Vocals on 'Track 7' by Dylan Minnock. Art direction by Prior Self. Cover photograph by Nate Swan.
home away from home, 2024
‘Gorgeous’ single, audio-reactive visual by Tyron Young