Serving as her debut album, Aspen Elocin has eloquently shared Crying in the Bathroom, an up close and personal journey of her struggles. We are loving this record! Please read on for an in-depth look into the record, in addition to a background on this artist.

Leaning heavily on imagery-based lyricism, perfectly painting a picture of the situations that the artist has been through, Aspen Elocin has left it all out on the table with the fresh release of Crying in the Bathroom. Ultimately this raw and emotion-filled record takes place over the last year and a half of her life and focuses intently on those experiences. With an emphasis on the vocals throughout the production, this is a heavy listen, but one that we’re urging all listeners to give a chance as soon as possible.

On the background of it all, Aspen has said, “I became addicted to amphetamines while going through a breakup with my child’s father, which became extremely abusive, and toxic. I wrote and recorded this album while going through active addiction, leaving my home, family, friends, everything I knew to start over in a small town”. Through 13 songs that span right around 42 minutes in length, the musician closely details her story of starting over, navigating these difficult relationships, and dealing with addiction while eventually achieving sobriety. We’ll be honest, a lot of records come our way that deal with adjacent topics, but there hasn’t been an album like this that feels as real, one that gets as close to the artist as this one does.

Now we’re not quite sure if these songs are in chronological order based on the stories, but in a way, we still managed to feel like hitting the play button on “Start Over” immersed us into her life and we weren’t “finished” until the final track. It’s been a while since a record like this sent legitimate emotion through us as well and we think that we can attribute that directly to Aspen’s vocals. You can feel the pain, her reliving the situations, and knowing that she’s working to make her way out. Additionally even though there are some major achievements in production and instrumentation, it was hard to take our focus off the lyricism. Some songs are clearly “poppier” than others such as “Junkie” for example, but we still felt as though genre didn’t really play too much of a part in our judgment of this.

Going forward, we sincerely hope to hear a follow up that brings even more resolutions to the stories that you’re about to hear. Let us point you in the direction of the links below to listen, follow along, and of course to keep up with all future news and information.

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Aspen Elocin shares raw and imagery-filled debut record, "Crying in the Bathroom"