Like Mint - I Wish I Was Awake (2022)

"I Wish I Was Awake" is the result of Like Mints´ musical journey over the past 3 years. The songs are more mature, talk about growing up and finding your own values and attitudes.

It was recorded and produced by the Australian singer-songwriter Lucas Laufen at The Famous Goldwatch Studio in Berlin. While vocals and guitar form the central theme, harmonies and various guest musicians give the songs a special touch.

"This record is about finding your own voice and looking back at times when you hadn’t found it yet. "I wish I was awake“ is the realization that many learning
processes run like a dream. You wake up and see what you’ve been going through and what you’ve learned. And sometimes you wish you could have been stronger and more observant in these moments."

"Ghost Of What We Know" is about letting go. From beliefs that have dictated your life so far, childhood rituals or people whose ideals you followed. Every person comes to the point of taking a closer look at their inner life and thinking about what to let go of. Or you notice that convictions have become much more important than they used to be. This track was also one of the first songs I wrote after my time at Popkurs Hamburg and in which I used a different guitar tuning than the standard one. This opened up a new world of sound for me and I was forced to free myself from the usual chords that my fingers know and to search for the melodies intuitively. With the special accent of the trumpet, which I really wanted to have on the EP, it created exactly the mood the song talks about- something new is in the air, something has changed. And that´s good.