Light Up is an emotional awakening set to sound — an album forged in vulnerability, resilience, and rebirth. With soaring melodies, powerful rhythms, and raw lyrical honesty, this collection of songs unearths the hidden places where pain lingers, only to ignite them with clarity and fire.

It’s a soundtrack for those who’ve carried the weight of their past like rusted chains, who’ve moved through life unseen, unheard, and yet unbroken. Each track is a spark — a confrontation with silence, a burning away of falsehoods, and a declaration of self through shattered illusions.

The music pulses with a sense of quiet revolution, blending aggressive edge with atmospheric depth. From whispered introspection to explosive anthems, Light Up leads the listener through storm and shadow into a space of catharsis — where falling apart isn’t the end, but the beginning of becoming whole.

This is more than an album. It's a reclamation.
A voice rising from the wreckage.
A heartbeat in the dark.
A fire that won’t burn out.

In the wreckage… we find light.

From Inside

Saying Goodbye is about how people do things for social media clout rather than because they truly want to. I originally wrote a version of this song years ago, but reworked it into this form and rewrote some of the lyrics as I feel like the subject is more relevant than ever today!

Saying Goodbye

Crown Of The Serpents

Interview with Graham Crabb / Music from Pop Will Eat Itself

Songs:
1) Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!
2) 21st Century English Civil War
3) Watch The Bitch Blow

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405 - Pop Will Eat Itself

Skin

Built to Last

Beating Dead Horses

The Wasteland That Is Me

AmericanPornSongs

To Hell

FullBlackHabit

I'm Just A Mess

Interview with Susan Subtract / Music from Physical Wash

1) Faith
2) Threshold
3) Deprived 

Cold Waves VIII - https://coldwaves.net

Cold Waves Soundcheck

809 - Physical Wash

This song is about a place where Love is present in its purest and most eternal form...  With the way Love is absent and elusive today, I sing of it in a wistful and dreamy way because unfortunately it seems that a Love so true can only be one found in One's dreams... At its essence the song is a lullaby for a lover who at the moment is lost, but nevertheless still loved... 

Enjoy...  

With Love and With Light,
XristyJo
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Shangri La  (Unofficial Release)

Idiot Stare's full length album released in 2012. If you like it, please consider buying a copy at iTunes or at idiotstare.com. Thx!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/unknown-to-millions/id615205638
http://www.idiotstare.com

Built to Last

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