outlets like Discipline Mag and Post-Punk.com have described as an artist unafraid to tackle the
social ills of the digital age with both sonic innovation and lyrical directness.
Reflecting that, his debut full length Alone stands as much a critique of music consumption as it is a sonic
statement. Physical copies (vinyl and cassette) of Alone will be available ahead of its digital
release, pushing back against the industry’s usual consumption model.
In Stephen’s own words: “The album concept and the release itself is a fuck you to the tech
overlords and the world they have foisted on all of us.”
Discussing the post-AI-themed artwork, he says: “The single covers convey the album’s story,
with each song’s cover serving as a chapter and visual representation of paranoia,
persuasion, control, and acceptance that fuse together to form the final album cover.”
Alone hits like a gut punch, knocking the wind out of you with neo-industrial menace and
melancholy, cut with alternative rock adrenaline and synthpop hooks. Driven by
introspective and evocative vocals, the songs veer between ethereal fragility and grim
desolation, often pulsing with electronic throbs or sinking into brooding darkwave
coldness. Neo Dimes indeed echoes the past sonically, but only to drag it into a more
immediate, dystopian haze, revealing the dread already surrounding us.
These songs confront digital-age isolation, paranoia, algorithmic destiny, and the
uncomfortable acknowledgment of aging, with sharp, pointed reflections on our times.
The material comes from a deeply personal place.
As Stephen describes it: “I recently lost a career right as my daughter came into the world—a
world where she has fewer rights than her mother did and where tyranny is creeping into
every facet of life. We’re addicted to technology in our pockets that both opens us to the world and consumes us entirely.
It’s omnipresent and inescapable, and I’m pissed off.”
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Alone will be released on streaming platforms May 19th 2026.
1. Beasts
2. Angels
3. God’s Perfect Meme
4. Don’t Think
5. Trigger
6. One Thing
7. It Comes and Goes
8. Dear Ghosts
Digital Version has two extra tracks
* Obsidian
* How to love
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