RPG by Me Lost Me

We all acknowledge the human urge to create fantasy worlds, but debate continues to rage regarding the origin of this impulse. For Britain-based Me Lost Me, this debate completely misses the point. Their new record RPG revels in human nature’s essential escapism, celebrating our need to create something beautiful without criticizing the desire to get lost in one’s own creation. Sure, there’s plenty of reasons to escape the world, but to Me Lost Me, even (or potentially especially) in a perfect world, people would still create alternate universes. Each song here outlines a subplot in which some fantasy or completely nonsensical problem needs to be solved, employing unique instrumentation on each track to provide distinct themes for each location, character, and mission. 

In telling these classic stories, Me Lost Me never shies away from technology, crafting a post-folk sound similar to some Bjork records. In doing so, Me Lost Me shows us that in the right hands technology will bring us closer to the full realization of our deeply human desire to create, display, and celebrate, leaving the listener with an extremely optimistic picture of the future of art. People create for much the same reason that they eat, sleep, or fall in love; it’s just what people do. If you ever need a reminder of your essential creative nature, give RPG a listen and enjoy exploring your own alternate universe.