The Odyssey of Cyrilia Allison: A Trans Rock Opera

The hardest part of leaving home is letting go.

CONTENT WARNING: suicidal thoughts and imagery | self harm | gender dysphoria

Uriel, the Fallen Angel. After she defies Heaven with her music, she is banished to Earth and trapped in mortal flesh. As a human, she takes on the new self-given moniker of Cyrilia Allison, living as a shut-in who dedicates her finite hours sorely on creating her masterpiece. ...Or, this is what she tells people when they talk to her. Can she finally find the audience she has been denied among humanity?

credits

released April 24, 2021

Album written and produced by JohnJRenns

Cover art by clark (@clarkanian / @bbbluebirddd) (twitter.com/bbbluebirddd)

Featuring guitar instrumentation by:

ISABELLA JAMES (1, 3, 4, 9, outro on 11, 12, solo on 13) isabellajames.bandcamp.com

KAL-LA-KAL-LA (2 + gang vocals, 5, 12) soundcloud.com/kal-la-kal-la

DYLEE DEE (6, 10, 12) dyleedee.bandcamp.com

NICK PAGE! (7, 12) nickstatic.bandcamp.com

TOMJOY (8, 12, 13) www.tomjoy.nl

SUICIDE GIRL (11, 12) suicidegirl.bandcamp.com

Also featuring GRAFO VOLAVERUNT (1, 10) grafovolaverunt.xyz on violin, RSREFFUW (8) pallene.bandcamp.com on acoustic guitar, INKY FIREFLY (11) inkyfirefly.bandcamp.com on saxophone, and ELIZA SHARP (12) on bass twitter.com/Esharp777

Track 12 features, in order:

Nick Page! - Isabella James - Tomjoy - Dylee Dee - Isabella, again (rhythm) / Suicide Girl (lead) - Eliza Sharp (bass) - Kal-la-kal-la

JohnJRenns thanks all ten performers for making this project possible and formally apologizes to them for the uncompensated labour

And thank you to: Jeff Rosenstock, Nouns, Green Day, Yorushika, Shinsei Kamattechan, Against Me, PUP, Weezer, Glass Beach, My Chemical Romance, Green Flame Boys, and Jeff Burgess

This album is also available for download in lossless quality at Bandcamp! https://johnjrenns.bandcamp.com

(My music is distributed under a Creative Commons license, meaning you can use it for any purposes as long as you credit me)