Alive & Thriving (New LP)

Label: someoddpilot records/ETC Records

"Alive & Thriving is more than an album; it is a raw document of human evolution and resilience. Produced across a blur of hostels, planes, and temporary dwellings, the record captures the transition from the "fear programming" of housing instability and food scarcity to a state of profound self-actualization. For Norwood, the title serves as both a personal mantra and a universal affirmation: a call to move beyond mere survival and into a space of prosperity. Playing further on how songs from the record originated all over the globe, Norwood notes that it is “a travel documentation. I'm alive and thriving – no more struggling and surviving. The title of the collection serves as a mantra and affirmation for myself and encouragement to others to keep going forward by all means.” In this sense, the record is something of an ethical manifesto: Utilize resources across one’s interdisciplinary creative endeavors and settle on a spiritual center."