June 28 street date. Formed out of the ashes of frontman Jose Prieto's solo endeavor, Sad And French, MakeWar - completed by bassist Edwin Santacruz and new drummer Alejandro Serritiello - have always worn their hearts on their sleeves. Heartbreak, despair, and alcohol have long been at the center of those struggles, and the songs themselves are a way to push through all of that. MakeWar's albums have all been intensely cathartic affairs that bristle with the promise and the terror of the human experience. "A Paradoxical Theory Of Change" describes a different approach to tackle the pitfalls in life. Instead of fighting or pushing against whatever it is you are feeling, absorb it, accept it, and let it be. Most of this record was written during the height of the pandemic by Prieto at home on his acoustic guitar. In that sense, it not only lent itself naturally to personal introspection and self-reflection, but also recalled the early days of Sad And French. The magic of this record is that it is specific and universal, working both as a memory of universal trauma as well as something much more personal, the two layered up on top of each other until the difference between them is obscured.
June 28 street date. Formed out of the ashes of frontman Jose Prieto's solo endeavor, Sad And French, MakeWar - completed by bassist Edwin Santacruz and new drummer Alejandro Serritiello - have always worn their hearts on their sleeves. Heartbreak, despair, and alcohol have long been at the center of those struggles, and the songs themselves are a way to push through all of that. MakeWar's albums have all been intensely cathartic affairs that bristle with the promise and the terror of the human experience. "A Paradoxical Theory Of Change" describes a different approach to tackle the pitfalls in life. Instead of fighting or pushing against whatever it is you are feeling, absorb it, accept it, and let it be. Most of this record was written during the height of the pandemic by Prieto at home on his acoustic guitar. In that sense, it not only lent itself naturally to personal introspection and self-reflection, but also recalled the early days of Sad And French. The magic of this record is that it is specific and universal, working both as a memory of universal trauma as well as something much more personal, the two layered up on top of each other until the difference between them is obscured.
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