“Is This Reality” is taken from Born Days‘ upcoming EP, Where We Live, due out October 4. [Pre-order]
Chicago-based singer-songwriter and producer Melissa Harris, better known as Born Days, is readying the release of her sophomore EP Where We Live, which will follow up on her 2017’s self-produced debut Be True. Over the last two years, the multi-talented artist has also been touring with Negative Gemini, Kedr Livanskiy and George Clanton amongst others and laid the foundations of her own record label, Rain Heart Records.
Recorded in her DIY studio, her new offering “Is This Reality” resonates well beyond her one-bedroom apartment. Drenched in reverb and driven by a hypnotic breakbeat loop, the dystopian and cosmic track mixes nostalgia with anticipation. Dark and dreamy, it was actually motivated by existential questions, as she explained:
About the inspirations of the track, she also added: