Stitched in Miami’s blind spot, TEEPEE’s Erix S. Laurent greets success by harnessing the inconsistency of his hometown, interlacing brilliant and bleak soundscapes. This May 8th, 2012 sees the obscure musician launch his orchestral driven single, ‘Time Meant Nothing’, bursting with urgency and questioning of the age-old saying “time heals all wounds”.

‘Time Meant Nothing’ finds TEEPEE weaving sunlit vocal pangs, crisp synth-bass and tender viola-strings amongst the lyrical tales of a doubting duo “It’s proven time will heal, but she thinks it's a lie / It's proven time will fly, but he thinks it's a lie”. As the single scatters into a fuzz-driven, white noise outro, Laurent inspires an anthemic, pure and insightful start to his upcoming record Distant Love or: Time Never Meant Anything, and Never Will. Released later this year, TEEPEE opens up his, vivid, kaleidoscope world in Distant Love.

Resurrecting his memories of adolescent wanderings across precarious Miami, Distant Love is a tapestry of scathing discordant chords, sonic bursts of synth and deadpan vocals. Recorded and produced by long-time ally Albert Ovadia, mastered by award winning Brian Lucey (David Lynch, The Black Keys) and joined by numerous cameos, Distant Love is a collective force, all dedicated in sharing in TEEPEE’s vision.

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Watch the band perform it live here: youtu.be/id5iylmxvgQ