“I remember being in the mall, and pop music is just everywhere,” says O’Connor, who grew up in the San Diego suburb of San Marcos. From his earliest memories, he was enamored with the textures of pop songs, but had a gnawing distaste for their lyrics. “I remember feeling that this certain kind of person is talking about certain experiences—and I feel like they’re lying to me. Making O∆ was about two things. It was an album like a movie about where I was from and how it really was. I didn’t want it to be a filtered story the way most pop music is. I wanted it to be real. I guess in other music people aren’t talking about the things that I notice about life or the things that are really important to me. How I feel actually being here. I wanted to express those things. But it was also about me needing to breathe and make a place in this world where I could live safely. Safely in a world where I could be myself - and survive.”
A remastered version of O∆ will be released physically and digitally February 17 on True Panther Sounds. London is currently traveling and continuing work on his self produced follow up album.