Toad EP by Luo

It's good to be back!

This EP features all 3 drummers from previous Luo releases: Sam Hughes (In The Dark, Sleep Spindles), Barney Sage (Unspoken, Convoluted Mess Machine) and our most recent live drummer James 'Mole' Glazier's debut on Luo material --- as well as the highly talanted emerging producer cndl (aka William Green) in our first collab together.

Some of this material has been sitting around for a while & as far back as 2020, with some of it being written around the same time as our Convoluted Mess Machine EP. The title track 'Toad' was actually written by my previous main partner in crime Barney Sage who I wrote the Unspoken album & Convoluted Mess Machine EP with.

Other tracks are much more recent & were completed in the tail-end of 2024, so this is EP is kind of a transitioning attempt to bridge the long gap between how Luo was sounding in 2021 and where it's at now.

An unusual blend of IDM, Trip-Hop, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Future Bass, Acoustic Guitar Chamber Music & the occasional Metalcore & Heavy Industrial Synth vibes, this will hopefully make more sense consumed as a whole.

Watch the video for "EBDGAD" on Youtube avaiable now:
https://youtu.be/wjON4O7qsOc

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Tracklist

1.	Toad (ft. Barney Sage)	4:58

2.	EBDGAD (ft. Sam Hughes)	2:32

3.	Shadow of a Doubt (ft. James Glazier)	3:01

4.	Night Terrors (ft. cndl & James Glazier)	4:38

5.	Odyssey (ft. Barney Sage)	6:44

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Credits

released February 28, 2025

All tracks written, produced, mixed & mastered by Josh Trinnaman, with the exception of "Toad" -- written & produced by Barney Sage, with co-production by Josh Trinnaman.

Toad:
drums, synths, keys & electronic production by Barney Sage
bass, additional keys & electronic production, mixing & mastering by Josh Trinnaman

EBGDAD:
guitars, keys, synths, bass, electronic production by Josh Trinnaman
drums by Sam Hughes

Shadow of a Doubt:
guitars, keys, synths, bass, electronic production by Josh Trinnaman
drums by James Glazier

Night Terrors:
keys, synths, bass and electronic production by Josh Trinnaman
guitars, cello, synths, bass and electronic production by William Green
drums by James Glazier & Josh Trinnaman

Odyssey:
guitars, keys, synths, bass and electronic production by Josh Trinnaman
additional acoustic drums by Barney Sage

Artwork by Callum Round

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