Listeners to our music-related podcast, Desert Planet Discs will be familiar with ‘friend of the show’ F-105 aka Din, who’s Star Wars influenced songs have been delighting fans at events across the world over the past few years, including recently at Star Wars Celebration.
Following his recent live dates in Anaheim, F-105 is back with a new EP – simply titled F-105 III. 
In Din’s own words:
F-105 III differs from the previous EP by incorporating pop-punk and ethereal sounds, thanks to the help of the acclaimed producer Marc Meriläinen (aka Nadjiwan). With the world in an unprecedented period of change, I sought to explore what is being left behind for younger generations,and this is most evident in the groovy yet cerebral lead single “Toys”. This lead track is my response to learning of experiments seeking to digitized human consciousness, to transfer into a computer and eventually a synthetic body.
“Not Special”is a comforting letter to a friend, which “is about someone I care about very much, also in the music industry, who once said she wasn’t special because she wasn’t famous. That broke my heart, and I put that feeling into a song. We are creating a world where young people value themselves based on things like how many likes or followers they have.”
The theme begins with my hand drawn album cover of my niece and concludes with the final energetic track “Songs for our Kids”,which perfectly expresses the theme in the lyric “All we gave them is the end of the world, they don’t want to sing our song no more.”
After workshopping the songs in both Toronto and Victoria BC, and receiving positive feedback from audience members, I will be embarking on a solo California tour, followed by Ontario tour dates with my band to support the album release. I’ve been delighted to see some of the older songs like “Rebel Girl” connect with younger audiences at live shows, and hope that these three new songs will continue to resonate.
F-105 III is recorded and released by MeriläinenMüsicInc.
We’ll be sure to feature some of the new tracks on upcoming editions of Desert Planet Discs, so stay tuned for more. You can also find f-105 on Facebook, Instagram and at their website.
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