Laurentis unveils new singles “If The World Ends” and “Washin’ Off”
San Jose, CA-based Laurentis was formed in the dark–literally. With several new singles out this year, he’s celebrating the release of “If The World Ends.” His creativity-spree started with the release of “Signora”, an homage to an old song from his family’s country of origin, Italy, that’s neither covered nor sampled. It makes the old new. This creative ability came from sitting in his room, in the dark, extremely depressed, with no conversation except for with his guitar. Like so many of us, music provided Angelo De Laurentis a kinship, a relationship to something, in the absence of a robust social life.
We would love to get Laurentis and “Washin’ Off” some coverage with you. “If The World Ends” Laurentis readily admits, “Yeah I guess I always leaned on music, I was a bit lonely as a kid and teenager since I was homeschooled. We bounced from community to community often, so that’s why I got so into music in the first place.” With no schools to make friends in, and no city he could comfortably call home, Laurentis fought to keep his head up and in the game: “I dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety when I was younger that I didn’t really address until my 20s when I started going to therapy, so I used to sit in the dark in my room and play my guitar as a sort of meditation/therapy growing up. That’s something I actually tried to recreate a bit with this song.“
Laurentis wanted “Signora” to be as good as it could be, and made a choice we might not all understand, but the most artistic among us will: “I’m definitely a lot more healthy these days but in writing this song I turned off all the lights in my room and tried to just sit with the guitar like when I was younger and write something I could feel. “ Laurentis recreated the conditions that created his creativity–and it worked.
Laurentis has always fought for better quality of life, but in going back to those early, lonely days of his mental illness, he might very well have achieved so much through going back into the fire: “It’s a more positive take I’m trying to use to thrive; it was more of a necessity when I was younger. So I think creating in this style is almost paying homage to my teen years.” Laurentis did everything he could to work on himself, to the point where he’s not even afraid to confront the demons of his past, summing up, “Before all the therapy and workshops I went to as an adult, my guitar was always there for me. Not to downplay all the wonderful people in my life growing up, but mental health can be a really confusing thing as a kid.”
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