In August, Fike put up a 15-track album on DSP’s with a release date in just two months. He announced he would be making his third album on the road in real time. In an age where technology is moving closer and closer to showing us what “perfection” could look or sound like, Fike decided to head in the opposite direction. Dubbing the project “HOW TO QUIT SMOKING”, he challenged himself to leave behind the parts of himself that would interfere with this process.
For eight weeks, Dominic made the album while traveling across North America on his Comedy Tragedy Parody tour. He wrote and recorded these songs on the road, working wherever he could. The album and accompanying visuals took place in a hotel room in Virginia Beach, a tour bus driving from Albuquerque to Las Vegas, a seaplane flying over Vancouver, and the diner from Twin Peaks outside Seattle. These places, and countless others around the country, served as postcards for songs like “Wallflower,” “Small Town,” and “Pangea,” all encapsulating the journey of finding art in the moments along the way.
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