Neo Dimes,the musical identity of Denver-based musician Stephen Edmunds, has released the debut album Alone, available on vinyl, cassette, and digital platforms as of 19 May 2026. The music video for “Trigger,” directed by Ty Borkowski, is also now streaming, bringing the song’s themes of isolation, shame, and emotional fracture into stark visual form.
Media outlets like Discipline Mag and Post-Punk.com consider Neo Dimes an artist unafraid to tackle the social ills of the digital age with both sonic innovation and lyrical directness. Reflecting that, his debut full length Alone stands as much a critique of music consumption as it is a sonic statement. Physical copies (vinyl and cassette) of Alone was made available ahead of its digital release, pushing back against the industry’s usual consumption model.
“A song chronicling my lifelong fear of being alone,” says Stephen of the song “Trigger.” “Alcohol is the trigger that brings on all kinds of other issues (addiction, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation) but all of that pales in comparison to how terrifying loneliness and both physical and emotional isolation is to me.”
Speaking about the album as a whole, he shares: “The album concept and the release itself is a fuck you to the tech overlords and the world they have foisted on all of us.”
Stream the album Alone on your preferred digital platforms HERE.
Watch the video for “Trigger” Below
Revisit the Music Video for “Don’t Think” HERE.
Order Alone (vinyl, cassette, and digital) on Bandcamp.
Discussing the post-AI-themed artwork, Stephen says: “The single covers convey the album’s story, with each song’s cover serving as a chapter and visual representation of paranoia, persuasion, control, and acceptance that fuse together to form the final album cover.”
Neo Dimes’ Alone hits like a gut punch, knocking the wind out of you with neo-industrial menace and melancholy, cut with alternative rock adrenaline and synthpop hooks. Driven by introspective and evocative vocals, the songs veer between ethereal fragility and grim desolation, often pulsing with electronica throbs or sinking into brooding darkwave coldness. Neo Dimes indeed echoes the past sonically, but only to drag it into a more immediate, dystopian haze, revealing the dread already surrounding us.
These songs confront digital-age isolation, algorithmic destiny, and the uncomfortable acknowledgment of aging, with sharp, pointed reflections on our times that examine everything from surveillance capitalism to the pull toward extremism among disillusioned young men online. The material comes from a deeply personal place. As Stephen describes it: “I recently lost a career right as my daughter came into the world—a world where she has fewer rights than her mother did and where tyranny is creeping into every facet of life. We’re addicted to the technology in our pockets that opens us to the world by consuming us entirely. It’s omnipresent and inescapable, and I’m pissed off.”
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Track Listing:
01. Beasts [Watch | Listen]
02. Angels [Watch | Listen]
03. God’s Perfect Meme
04. Trigger [Watch | Listen]
05. Obsidian
06. Don’t Think [Watch | Listen]
07. One Thing [Watch | Listen]
08. How To Love
09. It Comes and Goes
10. Dear Ghosts
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https://neodimes.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583202323340
https://www.instagram.com/neodimes
https://www.tiktok.com/@neodimesmusic
https://www.youtube.com/@NeoDimes
https://neodimes.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/31I7gBbkHWeyQrdWo70Ysq
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