I’ve always believed that every song has more than one life. Sometimes it lingers quietly in your mind for a while, waiting for the right moment to be rediscovered, reimagined, and reborn. My upcoming 5-track EP, Too Many Things Remind Me of You, is exactly that — a resurrection of an old favorite from my third album, Volume Three (A Promise Kept), and one of my personal favorite poems I’ve ever written.
When I first wrote Too Many Things Remind Me of You, I was in a place of quiet remembrance — that emotional space where everything around you becomes a mirror, reflecting fragments of someone you’ve lost. A voice in the crowd, the smell of rain, a song you used to sing together — all of it becomes a reminder. Years later, I wanted to revisit that feeling, but this time, I wanted to explore how it might sound if those memories existed not as one singular song, but as five reflections of the same emotion, each slightly different, each echoing the other.
This project is easily my most ambitious experiment yet. I’ve never done anything quite like this before. Sure, I’ve made alternate versions of the same song across different EPs in the past, but they always carried distinct sounds — almost like parallel universes of the same idea. This time, I challenged myself to do the opposite: to make five versions that sound so unified they could almost be one continuous track.
Each piece — “Déjà Vu,” “Echo,” “Reverie,” “Memories,” and “Nostalgia” — is built around the same core melody and rock ballad foundation. The differences lie in the atmosphere, texture, and emotional shade of each version. When you listen from start to finish without interruption, they flow seamlessly into one another, forming what feels like one long exhale of remembrance. They are meant to be listened together as one long single track.
Track Listing
- Too Many Things Remind Me Of You (Déjà Vu)
- Too Many Things Remind Me Of you (Echo)
- Too Many Things Remind Me Of You (Reverie)
- Too Many Things Remind Me Of You (Memories)
- Too Many Things Remind Me Of You (Nostalgia)
In a way, these songs represent the stages of missing someone — from that first haunting familiarity (Déjà Vu) to the lingering afterglow of reflection (Nostalgia). The final track, “Nostalgia,” is a reimagined version of the original “Too Many Things Remind Me Of You” from Volume Three (A Promise Kept), closing the circle that began earlier this year.
This project is based on one of my original poems that inspired it all. The poem begins quietly, with the speaker looking back on someone who disappeared without explanation:
“It’d been so many years since you were last here;
The reason you left, I will never know.
I now look a little older;
My heart is a bit colder,
since you stole that flame from me those years ago.”
Through the verses, the longing deepens — the coffee shop where they first met, the laughter echoing down the hall, and the joyful face that time has slowly begun to blur from his memory. The familiar songs return, stirring emotions almost too heavy to bear. The refrain comes back to that painful realization:
“Too many things remind me of you in the end.”
For me, that line became the heartbeat of the entire EP. It’s not just about heartbreak — it’s about the echoes of love that stay with you, even when everything else fades. Each song on this record captures a different tone of that same memory: sometimes dreamlike, sometimes raw, sometimes almost peaceful.
Sonically, I leaned into a rock ballad aesthetic across all five tracks — guitars that ache, drums that breathe, and vocals that feel like they’re remembering something just out of reach. It’s emotional, cinematic, and deeply personal.
To be honest, this has become one of my favorite projects I’ve ever made. I’ve been listening to it on repeat — not just to refine it, but because it feels like it’s teaching me something new each time. It’s a reminder that even after years have passed, some songs — and some memories — never really leave you. They just wait for the right time to echo again.
Too Many Things Remind Me of You — the 5-track EP — is my exploration of that timeless space between remembering and letting go. And I can’t wait for you to step into it with me. Stream it on November 14, 2025 on your favorite digital platforms.
