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Troy Aikins is a writer, lyricist, and emotional cartographer disguised as a dreamer. With a voice forged from sleepless nights, lived truths, and deep scars, he turns personal chaos into cathartic songs that speak to anyone who's ever battled their own mind at 3 a.m.

Based in California, Troy blends poetic grit with raw storytelling, drawing from lucid dreams, childhood wounds, and the restless weight of feeling too much in a world that often feels numb. His debut double album Dreamscapes: Songs from a Sleeper is a hauntingly honest journey through anxiety, healing, and the blurred edges between memory and imagination.

Whether he's writing songs for himself or crafting personal anthems for others, Troy believes music isn’t about perfection—it’s about telling the truth in a way that makes someone else feel seen.

He's not trying to be famous. He’s just trying to be real.

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I do what I do.

Dive deep where daylight dies.

Shanties of the Nightmare Seas is a twisted voyage through the darkest corners of the ocean, where bioluminescence glows like warning signs and ancient horrors still stir below. From parasitic tongues and bone-crushing worms to krakens, sea angels, and bottom-feeding beasts, this 12-track collection blends haunting melodies with sea shanty grit and dream-fueled nightmares.

Inspired by true deep-sea monstrosities and surreal dreams, these songs aren't just about survival—they're about what survives after you’re gone.

Brought to you by Botany with Friends, this is the sea as you've never heard it before: hungry, haunting, and horrifyingly catchy.

I do what I do.

Troy Aikins

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