peejmudd
fight to keep from sinking

cinematic rock / neo-classical / instrumental rock / post rock / cinematic / post-rock / instrumental / ambient

Some music feels like an escape. Some feels like a confrontation. fight to keep from sinking, the latest album from peejmudd, exists in the space between—the sound of struggle and survival, a quiet reckoning with pain, memory, and the passage of time. An instrumental work rooted in post-rock, ambient, and modern classical, the album moves like shifting tides, each track a fragile moment suspended in motion.

Born from personal battles with chronic illness and the weight of reflection, fight to keep from sinking is both intimate and cinematic. It sways between the hushed beauty of Ólafur Arnalds, the expansive storytelling of The Album Leaf, and the gravity of Mogwai at their most restrained. Strings rise and dissolve, pianos pulse like flickering streetlights, and reverb-soaked guitars drift like distant transmissions. At times, the music feels weightless; at others, like a hand gripping the edge of something vast and unknowable.

This is music for the in-between moments—the long exhales, the quiet drives, the nights that stretch too far. It doesn’t demand attention, but it lingers. It’s the sound of trying to stay afloat, of finding meaning in the undertow. fight to keep from sinking is more than an album title—it’s a mantra, a plea, and ultimately, a promise.