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<a href="spotify:artist:3MWChwDAhwf6acHVV0XYI4" data-name="The Crooked East">The Crooked East</a> delivers "The Screenwriter’s Ear"—a cinematic collision of atmospheric <a href="spotify:playlist:2LV7KfJgKpCRmBN12hxo9e" data-name="Art Rock">Art Rock</a>, <a href="spotify:playlist:0zjRaZwXE5CQFD27VhTfKn" data-name="Rainy Day 90s Alt-Rock 🌧️">Rainy Day 90s Alt-Rock 🌧️</a>, and <a href="spotify:playlist:6JeteWZz8PFB8pNB3s6Qia" data-name="New Wave // Post Punk">New Wave // Post Punk</a>. Based in Mexico City, the project was forged in the friction between Buffalo’s Rust Belt grit and the vibrant "Wall of Sound" of the CDMX underground.
Founded by award-winning novelist and optioned screenwriter Jon LaPoma (Warren Zide—American Pie, Final Destination), the music is a theatrical expansion of his literary roots. After a decade-long battle with OCD, LaPoma moved to Mexico in 2019, weaponizing that history into "Aural Three-Act Plays"—epic psychological journeys through mental illness, addiction, and identity.
In 2020, the project’s scope expanded when LaPoma joined forces with CDMX composer Oscar Díaz. A graduate of UNAM’s Facultad de Música, Díaz’s background as a film composer is essential to the band’s DNA, providing the virtuosic piano arrangements and complex structures that anchor LaPoma’s raw storytelling.
This cinematic utility has triggered a global resonance: the catalog has surpassed 10,000 organic creator stories, recently peaking at 962 unique uses in a single week across Norway, Brazil, and the U.S (for <a href="spotify:track:2ZPUvqg3NpulQm6ppHmIv6" data-name="Silence - 2025 version">Silence - 2025 version</a>).
Evoking the moody bleakness of <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb" data-name="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, or <a href="spotify:artist:3WaJSfKnzc65VDgmj2zU8B" data-name="Interpol">Interpol</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3MWChwDAhwf6acHVV0XYI4" data-name="The Crooked East">The Crooked East</a> uses a storm of swelling guitars, cellos, and pianos to cushion LaPoma’s stoic baritone. The message is one of radical hope—moving toward suffering to find peace.
Founded by award-winning novelist and optioned screenwriter Jon LaPoma (Warren Zide—American Pie, Final Destination), the music is a theatrical expansion of his literary roots. After a decade-long battle with OCD, LaPoma moved to Mexico in 2019, weaponizing that history into "Aural Three-Act Plays"—epic psychological journeys through mental illness, addiction, and identity.
In 2020, the project’s scope expanded when LaPoma joined forces with CDMX composer Oscar Díaz. A graduate of UNAM’s Facultad de Música, Díaz’s background as a film composer is essential to the band’s DNA, providing the virtuosic piano arrangements and complex structures that anchor LaPoma’s raw storytelling.
This cinematic utility has triggered a global resonance: the catalog has surpassed 10,000 organic creator stories, recently peaking at 962 unique uses in a single week across Norway, Brazil, and the U.S (for <a href="spotify:track:2ZPUvqg3NpulQm6ppHmIv6" data-name="Silence - 2025 version">Silence - 2025 version</a>).
Evoking the moody bleakness of <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8W4fKeB5YxbusRsdQVPb" data-name="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, or <a href="spotify:artist:3WaJSfKnzc65VDgmj2zU8B" data-name="Interpol">Interpol</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3MWChwDAhwf6acHVV0XYI4" data-name="The Crooked East">The Crooked East</a> uses a storm of swelling guitars, cellos, and pianos to cushion LaPoma’s stoic baritone. The message is one of radical hope—moving toward suffering to find peace.
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