6/11/2023 0 Comments Luke hummings![]() ![]() ![]() Hemmings hopped on a call with American Songwriter to talk about it all. To that end, the record might be about Hemmings, but it shines a light on a much bigger, much more universal sense of taking stock and moving forward. The arrangements are inventive and satisfyingly intentional, lifting the lyrics and the personal revelations to an even higher scale. Perhaps that’s the most impressive aspect of When Facing the Things We Turn Away From: it exhibits a level of artistic and personal maturity that actually manages to augment the music itself, even. Does he still love 5SOS and their community? Absolutely. Does he feel like he was too young when he was thrust into the spotlight? Maybe. Ultimately, he’s is starkly honest throughout it, painting a self-portrait that reveals a complex artist chewing on some complex emotions. Made with producer Sammy Witte (King Princess, Maggie Rogers), the record is an introspective and well-crafted testament to Hemmings’ devotion to music and the search for understanding. In the end, one thing led to another and these new songs coalesced into a powerful solo debut: When Facing the Things We Turn Away From, out August 13 via Arista Records. Well, when got to the “making sense of it later” part for some of the tunes he was writing in quarantine, he began to learn a lot about himself and the effects his experience has had on his psyche and soul. ![]() They’ll just pop right out and he’ll grab it quickly, making sense of it later. See, Hemmings is the kind of writer who prefers to “forgo the middleman,” which is to say: his best ideas sorta arise out of his subconscious. Hunkering down with his fiancée and dog in their Los Angeles home, he took a step back from the world or any kind of pressure and began to let himself relax and reflect.Īlongside that, he kept up with one of his daily rituals: songwriting. So, when the touring world came to a difficult halt last year with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he suddenly found himself with an excess of free time for, well, the first time he could remember since before the band took off. ![]()
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