The Next Best Step?
Cril
2023
In The Next Best Step? Cril tackles the theme of overcoming indecisiveness when striving for new goals. With lyrical depth and introspection, he effectively captures the experience of feeling stuck and uncertain about the best path to take.
“This album was a labor of love for me to create. It’s a concept album that that I wrote, performed and produced. It deals with the topic of indecisiveness as it relates to achieving new goals, and the experience of feeling stuck when you don’t know what best decision to make next . After reflecting on my achievements over the last year and a half, I found myself questioning what should be my next best step.”
“I was having difficulty balancing between my career and my creative goals, and I just wanted to make sure I made the right decision. Since then I’ve made some decisions I’m proud of but What’s The Next Best Step? is a question that still comes up for me, and I believe it will continue to come up. I feel like no matter how much we feel we’ve got life figured out, there’s always some new moment where we’ll experience indecisiveness. Sometimes that moment feels longer, sometimes it feels shorter and the scenarios often vary. My hope is that I come to the right decision as fast as possible.”
“On this album I wanted to explore those feelings on a variety of songs. I originally wanted to title the album “Where do I go from here?” or “What’s The Next Best Step?” but I decided to choose “The Next Best Step?” because the wording was a bit shorter and it resonated more artistically to me. – Cril
Stand-Out Tracks
A New Next
Together Now
Decisions
