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Artist - Lauren O'Brien

Track 1 - Rose's body
Track 2 - Inconsequential dream
Track 3 - I'm sorry

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The words come through your speakers. Tense words. Sharp words. Hypnotic words. Words couched in grinding guitars and thudding drums, words thick with emotional desperation that also reveal the strangely paradoxical beauty in suffering; the diamonds in the cave, waiting to be mined. The words are those of Lauren O\u2019Brien, one of the most exciting young poet-performers on the scene today. \u201cI love rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, the passion and rebelliousness of it,\u201d says Lauren. \u201cBut I want to be part of it in my own way\u2014I want to take poetry and rock it out.\u201d Which is exactly what Lauren does\u2014and then some\u2014on Inconsequential Dream, her astonishing debut album. Take \u201cColor Code,\u201d a menacing, tension-rich rumination on love\u2019s blurred lines of communication (\u201cThe colors in our code system / seem to keep switching on me\u201d). Or the hard-hitting title track, which was inspired by the numerous mystic predictions about the year 2012 and the letting go of old ideas in order to live more fully in the new age (\u201cTry to survive / it\u2019s time / the quickening / the great purifying\u201d). And then there\u2019s \u201cTo Let Someone,\u201d an acoustic guitar-laced allegory likening newfound spiritual energy to the acceptance of a former lover\u2019s new mate (\u201cTo let someone / who is loved / by the one who used to love you / into your home / Well that is the thing/ that takes / the most courage\u201d). Much like Lauren\u2019s riveting live performances, Inconsequential Dream is a cathartic, emotionally cleansing experience that keeps the listener on the edge of their seat throughout\u2014only to find them back in line when the last track stops, eager to sign up for another wild ride. Lauren\u2019s own ride began in her suburban hometown of East Meadow, Long Island, where she found herself drawn to the arts and political activism. \u201cI organized a protest against fur at the mall when I was in fifth grade,\u201d says with a laugh. There was music and culture in the house; her father played guitar and her mother, a teacher, played piano and exposed her to literature and theater.

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