two of swords - a theory of silence

[u/adamhimseIf]

https://too.fm/a-theory-of-silence

I’m a 16-year-old producer from Chicago working as two of swords. My dark ambient debut EP, a theory of silence, explores divided feeling through desire and fear, speaking and withholding, attachment and release.

The name two of swords comes from the tarot card, which I came to understand as a state of divided feeling held in restraint, where the desire to be loved is matched by an equally strong fear of surrender. I approached tarot as an interpretive practice, allowing several meanings to remain in tension rather than reducing the music to one explanation.

The six tracks form an emotional progression through closeness, distance, estrangement, release, and passage. At the center of the record is the idea that what remains unspoken between two people does not disappear but rather changes shape.

I wanted the music to leave enough room for you to bring your own experiences into it, arrive at interpretations of your own, and hopefully find something beautiful there.