Dorian Williams II, known professionally as Skateland, uses music to release, channel, and share his life experiences. Addressing some of the most universal topics inherent to human beings, the EP he's releasing today, Joyce Howell, How Are You?, ranges from love and growth to loss, jealousy, and nostalgia. This is his personal summary of this past year through emotions and experiences that left a trace, a project with which he continues to share with his followers how he sees the world and understands life.
"This is my version of a New Yorker column where I touch on the thoughts and experiences I've had this past year and take some time to reflect on what they all mean in the grand scheme of both my life and life in general," says the American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Austin, Texas. Bedroom pop meets indie rock in a musical project that combines melancholy lyricism and new wave instrumentation with pop production techniques to create its own identity in which past, present, and future coexist. "This EP is my way of sharing what that’s looked for me this year,” he adds.
After having played the esteemed We Found New Music Showcase in Los Angeles, multiple showcases at SXSW '24, and opened for indie scene staples like NY-based Strange Ranger and South Korean darlings Say Sue Me, he now presents his new five-track collection, which includes Sunset Cinema or Sunbeam, among others. “This one was a labor of love and wouldn't have gotten off the ground without the help of too many people to count. Give them their flowers,” he shared yesterday on his social media.
