Welcome, Humans of the Anthropocene!

This project began as a response to my own growing struggle with climate grief, despair, and anxiety — emotions that are heavy to carry alone, and that eventually insisted on becoming songs. I wasn’t trying to solve anything, or to arrive neatly at optimism. Instead, I set out to tell the truth of what this moment feels like: the messy, honest arc of climate grief, moving through denial, rage, burnout, guilt, flashes of hope, and a fundamental love for the natural world.

Over the course of a year, that writing became Anthropocene (2025), a concept album shaped by community and intention. As musicians and friends found their way to this project, it became a lived lesson in why we need to keep talking about climate change. Not alone, and not just in data and headlines, but together, through creativity, shared meaning, and connection.

The Heroic Mad Peasants are the people who gathered around this work, bringing their musical and technical talents into a collective response. This response centres care for one another and for the planet that generates and sustains us.

At its core, this is an offering rooted in connection: to place, to people, and to the belief that honest storytelling can help us stay present, stay human, and to continue.