Something about his music is magical. By pressing play you are coaxed into the deepest parts of your mind and are almost forced to allow yourself to open up. This is why I have kept up with Henson’s releases for the past 8 years. Within the first track of each album I am enthralled.
On his website, the description for Fragments EP says: “The eight tracks that form the EP orbit a sweeping kaleidoscope of sonic shapes, shades and textures. Keaton’s voice offers lyrics in an almost frozen romanticism. It’s a voice that sounds rooted in turmoil but also of strength. A happy sadness. Bleakly beautiful.”
Fragments EP is a companion piece to his previous album, Monument, an album about loss. Specifically the loss of his father. Monument not only depicted the feeling of intense grief, but of catharsis. Lyrically his new EP strayed away from Monument’s themes but they’re connected in sound.
The lead single “Limb” signaled the transition from the subject matter of Monument to the melancholic love songs Henson is known for. “Limb” is a paradox: “I will tear the fingers from my hands to feel you / Like a suitcase I will fold my spine and leave you.”
Henson frequently contradicts himself in his lyrics, showing that the love he reached for was unobtainable.