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TORONTO - After roughly seven-years of deep philosophical introspection and complex anecdotal articulations, local folk musician Bradley Kearns has reached out to the local music ecosystem to express his growing concern that it is highly possible that no one is extrapolating the “medical wisdom” put forth in his lyrics.
The thirty-three year-old musician — whose latest projects include a conceptual EP called House-Cat Romance and a new politicized single entitled “Shoes of the Council” — has only sold six copies of his latest album, People Are People, according to his Bandcamp page’s user analytics.
“I worry that we are headed down the wrong path…I hope that my lyrics can aid in alleviating some of the global and interpersonal tension that exists in modern society,” says Kearns, as he forlornly finger-picks A, D, and G chords on his acoustic guitar while preparing to play for an audience of five people at his local pub’s open mic night.
Despite the decreasing size in Kearns’ already irrelevant audience, he claims to still have ‘the fire’ that he did when he first started writing songs in his mid twenties.
“Life is about creativity, and I’ve vowed to myself to release a new song every week for the next five years on my Bandcamp page to do my part in pushing art forward and to help proliferate a deeper emotional understanding of fellow human beings,” he continues.
“I’ve also recently launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money for my newest album, Penile Politics, which I hope to record at Abbey Road if all goes well.”
As Kearns began to perform another new song called “We’re All Species,” his vocals were largely drowned out by an energetic, twangy blues-solo coming from a show that was occurring simultaneously on the venue’s headlining back room stage.
