originally released 2024.07.12
'Fate Delay' is the manifestation of a dream, despite the truth of circumstances. It is an expression of reality, existential observations, and where I find my place within it all. It is a comment on our collective awareness within society, our own lives, and how we chose to react to this consciousness. What do we do with our enlightenment? How do I live with my present existence? What does it mean to allow or control one's own fate? This album poses more questions than it answers, and I believe it places the listener in a state of contention, which is ultimately what I felt as I was writing, recording, and producing it. Creating it was an exercise in moving forward in discomfort, with a sense of internal trust as a guiding force. Ultimately, fate will prevail, but on its own time and in its own inexplicable way. In succumbing to these feelings of conflict, I have realized my fate. At its broadest points, 'Fate Delay' is a musical journey asking the questions of its listener “What does it mean to allow or control one's own fate?”
'Fate Delay' is written, recorded, and self produced by Linda Gardens. Mixing, co-production, and additional synthesis by 5thPlanet. The album includes additional guitars by Sympathetic Chic, and is mastered by Irving Gadoury.