Beau James Wilding - The Amor Fati of Crazy Cloud (2019)

The Amor Fati of Crazy Cloud is the second full-length release by California singer-songwriter Beau James Wilding. Infused with energies ranging from dark to silly to determined, this collection of original songs explores what it means to love one’s self, love others, take ownership of the past and march on toward a better future, all the while getting lost in the mystery behind every breath.
Many of the songs on this album were written when Beau first began writing music, about 2012 – 2014 but hadn’t yet been recorded. It was recorded at The Formulation Room in Sacramento and features some percussion, ukulele, lap steel and melodica. There are a wide variety of musical styles expressed, and Beau was thrilled to work in a studio that allowed the time and space to experiment with production and instrumentation. All tracks are written by Beau James Wilding and all instruments are performed by him.
Amor Fati is a Latin term which means “the love of fate”, or the love of doing what one loves regardless of one’s worldly success. Crazy Cloud epitomizes this concept. Clouds are just crazy enough to do their own thing, be themselves and literally go where the wind takes them. The Amor Fati of Crazy Cloud means to be yourself and do what you are meant to do, even when that means not fitting into a pre-ordained box. These songs are rugged and seething with the raw longing to live a well-rounded life to its fullest! Drawing on the aggression of punk and the storytelling of the ballad tradition, the music seems to gently nibble at one’s earlobes with razor sharp incisors!