In the chaotic world we live in, it’s often hard to find the time and solitary space to be able to create. For Dean Stacy, he found it particularly hard to fight against his procrastinating tendencies and decided to take matters into his own hands. Locking himself in a bathroom for a week straight, he was determined to write and record an entire EP. The result is the wonderfully weird and wacky, The Bathroom Tapes. Stripped back to its bones, the foundations of the EP feature echoing guitars and cynical, storytelling lyrics, as Stacy demonstrates what a week of solitary confinement can achieve.
The musician shares, “There’s a creature in me that will stop at nothing to prevent me from being productive. I look for distractions all the time. YouTube videos, video games, pornography. I’ve probably spent more than half my life looking at screens. And even when I could focus for half a second, some insecurity or anxiety would stop me from creating. I would write day in and day out, but could never put in the effort to get something properly recorded. I became so frustrated with myself that I decided the only solution was solitude.”
The seven-track EP is described by Stacy as “vile alternative, folksy, punk garbage,” and thematically touches on life in America. Delving into the good, the bad and the ugly, Stacy doesn’t hold back, delivering his most authentic self.
