In reading the stories from The Outlaw Ocean, I was shocked by the blatant and repeated offenses towards our seas. The systematic nature of it is disturbing, and I was saddened by the impact it has on coastal communities who are unable to protect their own ecosystems. During the production of this single, I regularly rewatched some unsettling video pertaining to the project. It zapped me back into reality - the lawlessness of it all and the disregard for life. Through this project, I definitely see our oceans as less of a vast and beautiful place but something that’s more-so under constant attack, on a really large scale.

My goal in creating this music was to convey the feeling I had of urgency and gravity of the situations, both ecological and human. This was challenging because of the significance of the problems and how wide-reaching they are. I also wanted a song in which the ocean ultimately wins as the music winds down; in my head I felt it was after humans were gone and the waves persist, but part of me hopes it's the calm we can have after some serious intervention on our part.

Ronald Jenkees