I Read That I Was Dead

Chris Orrick & The Lasso

2019

Cryptozoologist Chris Orrick died in March 2018. The Detroit vocalist with the same name woke up and read the news of his namesake’s death. This sparked a journey into a subculture of folklore and undiscovered cryptid species. That seed grew over the months into a dark, industrial, and abstract record: I Read That I Was Dead.

 “One friend described the deceased Orrick as someone who ‘didn’t have much control over’ his demons and lived in solitude.” The album explores society and self from the vantage point of a man who chooses to live in exile.