A collection of 12 eclectic songs that veer from sprightly indie-rock to brutally vulnerable ballads, The Other Side is the sound of a man who knows precisely who he is. Now 26, he's excised the trappings of a youth run wild and all but killed the ego that can undermine the evolution of an artist. "Take the blade from my hand and do what I can't: cut me down," Lopez pleads in the slow-burning "Tanglin'." He doubles down on that sentiment of transformation in the brooding title track: "I’m gonna go to the woods and come out the other side," he sings over and over again like a mantra.
"This album is a product of the strength I had to walk away from everything I knew," Lopez says. "I had to start fresh on my own."
Christian Lopez
The Other Side
Release Date: October 8, 2021