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Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, emerging alternative artist Tien Cortez has announced his debut track 'Don't Finish What You Started'. The single will be available on all major digital platforms from the 14th June 2019.
Don't Finish What You Started aptly speaks about starting endless amounts of new hobbies without seeing them through until the finish. This track is ironically the first to be completed since Cortez began making music within the last year. What began as a personal dig about never writing a full song has turned into the leading words to start his musical career.
Tien Cortez effortlessly breaks through the barriers of genre as he blends elements of heavy, up tempo rock with blasting synths. Don't Finish What You Started works with catchy, repetitive beats which layer below his powerful vocal throughout the entire track, leaving your ears with a sense of total overwhelm.
"The love child of Nine Inch Nails and Chvrches".
Despite being only 21, Tien Cortez boasts a producing maturity and lyrical ability way beyond his years. His work comes primarily from his studio bedroom, a space which has allowed his creativity to burst since his early teens. Although he has spent a lot of time leaving things unfinished, Cortez is looking forward to showcasing a completed project, one finished well. Perhaps this ending is one leading to a new beginning.
lyrics
oh let me in your context
i promise i’ll be perfect
don’t let me get too close yet
just wanted to be honest
i return all your prospect
you leave me in your orbit
i made sure i was wanted
by everyone who lost it
i am your broken artist
don’t finish what you started
i fall down in the forest
pretended not to notice
i make a martyr of you
do what you want me to do
and it was what i wanted
don’t finish what you started
credits
released June 14, 2019
Written, Recorded and Produced by Tien Cortez.
Mixed by Bernie Wedrat at Twisted Robot.
Mastered by Tien Cortez via LANDR.
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