Unreality (album)
Unreality is the debut solo album by Kennedy Ashlyn under the alias SRSQ. The album was released on October 26, 2018, by Dais Records. Background Prior to SRSQ, Ashlyn was one half of the dream pop and dark wave duo Them Are Us Too with Cash Askew. The duo formed in 2012 and released one EP and one album together in 2015. Askew died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in 2016. Ashlyn subsequently completed Them Are Us Too's second album, Amends, which was released in June 2018. With Them Are Us Too officially disbanded after Amends, Ashlyn moved on to her solo career as SRSQ, which had started with her first live performance under the name in May 2017. Ashlyn went into the album knowing its sound would be informed by her work with Them Are Us Too's, and that its fundamental aspects will always be connected to Askew. Release The album was first announced on August 24, 2018, and released on October 26 by Dais Records. The album was preceded by one single, "The Martyr", which was released on August 22. The album name came from Ashlyn's belief that the album speaks to "trying to process what a