illyria

30 years old.

For half of my lifetime, I have been making music.
There is a lot to thank for, a lot to apologise for.
There is much to regret, but also to equally accept.

The musical world I entered is vastly different to the one now, and I can't imagine how others feel who are twice or thrice my experience...

I can offer no musical advice to my younger self, the experiences we enjoy and suffer shape us. Just seriously look after yourself - we lose our hair, grow horizontally instead of vertically and please cut off the junk food & get your steps up buddy, we have ourselves a serious mountain to climb now!

The new album is ready. These collections of songs are my proudest to date. However, it takes time to get things out there correctly in this digital age. To keep it simple- I want to look & feel better. I have an amazing wife and soon-to-be 3 children to care for, yet I still have that sickening itch to get my music out there and improve on every release. I don't want to let those close to me down because of my lack of discipline.

I am not in a place right now where I feel happy and confident in front of a camera, I have a huge disdain towards social media/streaming/the algorithm yet I understand it's a necessary evil in this field to actually give this music the exposure it deserves. All I'd appreciate is some patience to get things on my side right before I launch the new tunes out there for the world to listen.

I look at these 5 year incremental photos of myself and realise I want this next decade to be even better and most importantly, healthier. I need to give it my best shot.

Thanks to my friends,
Sorry to my foes.
I love you all,
Ilija | Illyria

Silver Lake.

Mixed & Mastered by Jesse Venus
Initial artwork "Lake Lucerne" (1858) by Albert Bierstadt

"...And until death, you will never rest."

Ah s**t here we go again...
Cheers for a great year, but we're not done yet.
Stay tuned for 'Silver Lake' coming next Friday to finish off this amazing year.

Sorry for not updating you all enough - there are more important things in life than feeding the content creation machine when you're a husband, father, school-teacher & living that rural lifestyle to the absolute max.

The band, however, is ready to begin our next phase of music.

Announcement tomorrow. Enjoy another s**t meme.
- Ilija | Illyria

Album 5 is wrapping up - but that doesn't stop us writing more.
Recc some bands to get inspired by - pic related.

Take Me Somewhere Beautiful turns 3 today.

Definitely the black sheep of the discography - but I wanted to make an album that my 10 year old self would enjoy, and I succeeded. Post-hardcore and metalcore still rules.