John Floreani (Trophy Eyes) drops first solo track in four years

John Floreani of Trophy Eyes has dropped his first solo song in 4 years with “The Kind of Man I Am”.  Through life’s trials and tribulations, songwriting is at the forefront of what is most important to Floreani – and the single is a triumphant return. 

JOHN FLOREANI SHARES:

“The Kind of Man I Am is one of those songs that came from just sitting with my guitar and searching for something, but without any expectations of finding anything at all. I think subconsciously I wanted to write a love song, but the way my brain works, I just never seem to come up with conventional ways of telling the story I want to capture — so in a way, it is a love song, but it is also an apology to the woman I love. Loving me is no easy task, and I know she will forever have to navigate around my rough edges to find the person she fell in love with, which I imagine is exhausting. It’s also a petty shift of blame for the pain we go through together. Blaming her for choosing me is just one of the millions of inner monologues I wrestle with daily, but is always quelled by the thought that if I love and respect her, then I must trust and respect her decision. 


I tried to capture how slippery the mind is, and how subjective one’s reality is lyrically. Sometimes a thing you need can hurt you, and hurting is not always a bad thing. But the song, overall, is much more about my internal anguish of being a burden on the people I love, and the unhealthy narratives I tell myself to cope with that shame.”