Giving Up On a Dream

From his soul-crushing beats to his glitter-sprinkled melodies, Anon takes listeners on a wondrous and fanciful journey thinly underlined by a suspension of disbelief. Contrasting his child-like wonder with adult-like terror, Anon builds other-worldly realms through uninhibited music and poetic lyrics that feel fantastical in nature yet tethered to a cold, harsh wasteland of truth. Lightning crashes, griffins shriek, amulets glow, unicorns rear, fog undulates, pixies giggle and kittens bathe in sunlight. Discover synthesizers that swirl like the tranquil sea, solos that cry out like a victorious hero posed on top of a pile of monster carcasses, synth hooks that pull you in like a seductive siren, guitar riffs that roar like flames on a supernova, and colorful lyrics crooned by Anon himself, from a whisper in the ominous night to a bellow of triumph at dusk. Also xylophones, chimes and saxophones. But when it comes down to it, like a dusty tome with pages ripped out long ago, not even Anon knows who he truly is. One minute he’s riding a Pegasus in a fairy realm, the next minute he’s vigilantly perched atop a floating chrome palace with his cape rippling in the wind, and the next minute he’s back on Earth wishing it were all true. Anon is a multi-instrumentalist and recording artist in Sioux Falls, SD. Sometimes he has his wife sing for parts in his songs because she has a prettier voice than him.