The first line of the first track off Raz Simone’s 2014 release Cognitive Dissonance commands, “cut the lights in the studio,” before he dives into an earth shattering barrage of bars on “They’ll Speak.” After slow leaking the sequel project Cognitive Dissonance: Part II every Tuesday for months, the 11th and final episode brings the two projects full circle with “The Lights.”
Drawing an analogy between the trying experience of performing on stage, and the pro/con roller coaster of life, it’s with deeper reaching lines like, “life is like photography, you need the negatives to develop” and “pressure creates precious things, like pearls and diamonds, but I’ve seen dark things come from shining” that Raz punctuates his efforts on the album that drops tomorrow. Anyone that has seen Raz live knows he takes an unorthodox approach, often engaging fans by jumping into the crowd and spitting from the floor for the whole set, making this encore track relevant to his quickly growing fan base. Stream this smooth, minimality guitar and bass cut until the full project drops tomorrow at razsimone.com.
