E

This album is a gorgeus adventure through an escapist, vulnerable soul that desires to live life to the fullest. E covers topics of identity and shame, for example on the song Peroxide. Further down the road he explores his own escapism, desire and fear of self destruction, although, the "self destruction" themes throughout this album I would rather label as "self transformation". He desired a destruction of ones self in order to create a new one, one that will be perfect. E is a search for personal catharsis and transformation, overpowered by fear of reaching it. He also touches a bit on his addiction (mostly ketamine) wich also adds to the escapism theme.
Music-wise this album is very meditative and pretty gentle on the bigger part of it. I can't get my mind of how delicate and passionate Ecco2k manages to sound on songs like "Sugar and Diesel", or "Fragile". On the contrary, there are cuts that feel more harsh and raw vocally, like Peroxide, Cc, or Time, but throughout the majority, Ecco2k rather finds himself as a gentle, almost whispery, intimate vocalist and I absolutely love how it works on Sugar and Diesel, wich is probably the most gorgeus, sad and intimate song on this project, where it feels like Ecco is a small, vulnerable soul in a big, scary world. And that energy carries mostly thoughout the project, although sometimes less effectively, as some of the songs feel a little unfinished. The opening track could use some more variation and composition, and the song Don't Ask feels like it doesn't really know what it's aiming for and falls a little flat. Cc also feels like it's missing something that I quite can't describe, and don't get me started on the missed opportunity that Fruit Bleed Juice is.

Throughout the last two songs (Blue Eyes and Life After Life bonus) it seems like he both sonically and lyrically transforms into a new person, where on Blue Eyes the whole song sounds like it's about to decompose and shatter into pieces, wich creates a highlight moment for the tape. Ecco's voice glitches into oblivion and creates a synth-like sound that barely resembles Ecco, wich in my opinion adds effectively to the self transformational themes that have been covered throughout E. Followed by Life After Life, Ecco2k describes his own death and reincarnation and it feels like some sort of completion that Ecco achieves - as if he finally gained courage to take action and grow, let go of his fear and go full throttle on the self transformation path.
A lovely, personal and delicate listen with a few empty points that unfortunately take its value down a bit.