As a trans man, boyhood. chose his recording moniker as an intentional acknowledgment of the fact he was denied a conventional one growing up. Thus the project has become an examination of both the present and the past, following the line from the repression of a stymied childhood to the freedom of an intentional adulthood. An attempt, that is, to consider what has been gained and lost through the slow process of self-actualisation. To save the parts worth saving, and potentially fill in the gaps.
Our first glimpse of an EP forthcoming via AWAL, new single ‘wes anderson (your dog)’ was conceived in a fit of boredom during a screening of Anderson’s Asteroid City, and channels the experience into a sound capable of exploring wider themes. Guitar from LA-based producer and musician AYUSH and drums by New York’s Giulianna Iapalucci (pka Rocco!) flesh out the track, and mixing from Melina Duterte (Jay Som) and mastering by Nick Garcia make this perhaps the most collaborative boyhood. release to date.
It’s a slow creeper which looks to escape the sluggish rhythm of its present situation, evolving with an organic grace into something dreamy enough to transcend the moment. “Feeling stuck (but free to leave) in my seat echoed the feeling of being stuck (but free to leave) a relationship that isn’t working anymore, he describes. “This song is an ode to the monotony of a certain kind of cyclical dysfunction.”
‘wes anderson (your dog)’ is out now via streaming services.