SUMMERSTART
Release Date: August 16th, 2019
1. Years in Between
2. A Familiar Street
3. In the Moonlight
4. Waiting
5. Blue Radio
6. Running Fields
7. Stay With Me
8. The Time Has Come
9. Summer's Theme
10. Just Like Old Times
11. Memorandum
12. Beyond the Island
13. Finale
The scorching sun, youthful sweat,
Brings me what it takes away
The joy and pains of innocence
And days of summer start
This album was created in 2010, as a soundtrack to a non-existent film. I wrote the story first, then scored to it. Nine years later, I reworked it and decided to release it.
The premise of the story revolves around a group of middle-aged people who reunite at a funeral of one of their high school friend’s funeral. Due to bad weather, they are not able to leave the island and are forced to stay together for a night. At first, each person puts on an act as a version of themselves they want others to see. As the night wears on, their facade also wears off and each begins to expose their true colours, forcing them to confront their peers, and themselves, in the most naked form.
Among their deceased friend’s belongings, they find a map detailing the whereabouts of a time capsule they buried together years ago. Together, they decide to embark on a journey that night to reclaim this lost piece of memory.
Summerstart is about innocence and youth.