Endless Forms is the solo project of Tulsa-based artist Justin Allen. In the wake of breaking off an engagement and dropping out of college, Allen began Endless Forms earnestly in 2014 as a therapeutic creative outlet. The resulting album, Lazarus, is a raw album without public consumption in mind, but the handful of friends Allen showed it to backed up their praise by offering to be his backing band.

Lazarus’ follow-up, 2017’s If There Were Water, not only aimed for a maximalist sound that inspired several bandmates to pick up new instruments, but opened up a world outside of Tulsa for Endless Forms. Amidst handling the reality of having a rotating lineup and a crisis of artistic identity, Allen instead put the band on hiatus.

The period between If There Were Water and this May’s More Than Candy was anything but a lull for Allen. Finding time to write a novel about the Los Angeles art scene while taking up weekly marathons and producing music, Allen decided it was time to start working on a third Endless Forms album in the wake of a friend shelving a record they’d been working on. Initially starting as a set of ambient tracks, Candy became Endless Forms’ most fully-fledged foray into pop-minded songcraft while holding onto elements of its ambient origins.

Self-produced and home-made in a nod to Lazarus, More Than Candy is an album about how to continue loving something even after it breaks your heart, meditating on finding inner wholeness within oneself instead of waiting for art to make an artist whole. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.