We recently featured To Hell With Tradition for his high concept and vibrant single, Paper Cuts, so we were excited to experience his album in full, and the standout track, Eggshells, which has also been released as a single!

Establishing the mood with an immersive, organ chord and pulsating synth melody, To Hell With Tradition, also known as artist Achim Hofmeyer, opens Eggshells with the conceptual lyricism that we have come to expect from the rising star.

We love the hook as To Hell With Tradition sings, “The shadows have been dancing for too long, they’re missionary singing their song…” and as he questions introspectively “Is there anything else to say?”, before the opus expands with 80s drum riffs, textured vocal echos and intricate percussion.

Eggshells features an out-of-this-world guitar solo which really dimensionalizes the track, and we are obsessed with To Hell With Tradition‘s charismatic vocal delivery which really amplifies the message of the song.

The single also comes with an epic, silhouette-style music video featuring multiple versions of our protagonist delivering a mesmerizing performance with three sets of emotions.

Speaking on the release of the visual, To Hell With Tradition tells us, “After having released two cinematic, yet lyrics-based videos for two singles from my third album Blurred, I finally wanted to get into something visually more dramatised. As with all my work so far, I have done this completely on my own at my humble flat.”

We appreciate the authenticity and multi-disciplinary artistry it takes to create a universe on one’s own, and To Hell With Tradition is setting the bar high for independent artists. We have added Eggshells to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we stream his album, Blurred, on repeat!

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Setting the tone with a pulsating bass line and synthetic electronic detailing, To Hell With Tradition opens his single, Paper Cuts with the introspective lyrics, “Ask what you want from me, I’m not your enemy, you know, cos I know that you know, all that you said to me, well I cannot disagree, but how far can you throw…”

Paper Cuts expands into a catchy indie meets alternative pop frequency, and marks the first peek into To Hell With Tradition‘s upcoming album Blurred.

We appreciate the intricate delivery from To Hell With Tradition, who is also known as Achim Hofmeyer, a singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and producer based in Heidelberg, Germany.

Paper Cuts comes with a cinematic music video which also functions as a lyric video, filmed in reverse to give the effect of paper appearing in the artists hand, and it is hypnotizing.

We love the depth and wisdom that Achim shares with his lyricism, touching upon themes of the human condition, duality, expansion of one’s mind and the metaphorical concept of Paper Cuts.

While the whole world seems to be increasingly leaning towards creating and releasing isolated individual songs one after another, To Hell With Tradition keeps moving against the current, diving deeper and deeper into creating consistent coherent concept albums.

Paper Cuts has been added to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we stream To Hell With Tradition‘s wider discography, and anticipate the upcoming release of Blurred later this year!

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