Artist: Drew Cooper
Hometown: Born in Springfield, Illinois, raised in Tucson, Arizona
Song: “Darker and Darker”
Album: This Life
Release Date: April 15, 2022
Label: Atomic Javelina Records
In Their Words: “‘Darker and Darker’ is about addiction, from all sides of it. I struggled with the use of pain killers some years back and staying present in the moment when all you wanted to do was hide in the feeling they [pain killers] gave you. I was lucky that I was able to move away from it, but now being on the other side you can see what it does to the loved ones of the people struggling with addiction. I think the fallacy in addiction is that it’s a personal problem, in reality it tends to drag on everyone around it. That’s what I was trying to get across with this song.” — Drew Cooper
Photo Credit: Charlie Stout