Abrasive Monologues
Abrasive Monologues is a collective of musicians, writers, and creators who believe art should cut deeper than the algorithm allows. Whether loud or soft, heavy or hopeful, every voice here is anchored in something real. We don’t do trends. We don’t do polish for polish’s sake. We make honest work—for people who still want to feel something.
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Preorder Damages now!
Jon Hadley’s Damages explores complex emotional trauma, neurodivergence and synesthesia.
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Truck Dog and the Go People joins forces with David Von Beahm.
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Save the world is the latest album from Kanilrós, an icelandic guitarist and jack of all trades known for his unique sound.
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David Von Beahm’s New Album is Nearing Completion.
JON HADLEY CONFRONTS DAMAGE AND IDENTITY IN HIS NEW ALBUM
Jon Hadley’s upcoming release Damages is more than catharsis, it’s a document of survival. Fueled by layered synesthesia and the long shadow of C-PTSD, this album traces the edges of memory, collapse, and the brutal process of becoming fully yourself without erasing the scars.
TIM WOODRUFF BUILDS SOUNDTRACKS FOR THE PAGE
With sharp design instincts and emotional clarity, Tim Woodruff scores his wife K.E. Woodruff’s next novel, Of Gods and Dust, crafting a soundscape that doesn’t just accompany the story, but deepens it. His work merges music and narrative into something immersive, honest, and uniquely personal.
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Origin
Vault Keeper’s Journal EntryTruth:Neurodivergent isn’t the exception.It’s the default.It’s the shape we’re all born in… beautifully unflattened, un-conformed, multi-sensory, free…
Field Notes from the Deep End
This isn’t a launch announcement. It’s a signal.At Meaning Vault, we’re creating a video series that documents something rare: artists who store meaning in what they make. Not deco…
What it Means to be Touchable as an Artist
At Meaning Vault, we're building something different. Something human. If you’ve come across our video project or our artist submission page, you might notice a word we use often:…
Damages: Part Three – the Personification of Rot
Rot isn’t decay. It’s presence. In Part Three of the Damages series, I describe how rot distorts memory, corrupts texture, and rewrites comfort into discomfort and how this presenc…
Damages: Part Seven – Fragments
Part Seven of the Damages series explores identity fragmentation. This post reveals how trauma shattered coherence, and how music became the only way to contain the selves that for…
Damages: Part Five – Dust
Dust isn’t collapse. It’s the quiet weight that follows. In Part Five of the Damages series, I explore how dust lives in the residue of grief, the static of memory, and the sonic s…
Damages: Part Four – No Clear Devil
Not every trauma has a villain. In Part Four of the Damages series, I explore how C-PTSD shaped my nervous system through contradiction, unresolved signals, and emotional collision…
Damages: Part Two – Tasting Color
Synesthesia isn’t a metaphor. In Part Two of the Damages series, I explain how I literally taste music, feel emotion as texture, and re-enter memory as full-body experience. This p…
Damages: Part One – Jon Hadley
This isn’t just an album. It’s structure built from impact. In Part One of the Damages series, I introduce the way I process the world through fragments, memory, and emotional weig…
Damages: Part Six – No Safe Distance
Part Six of the Damages series ties everything together. This post explores what it means to live with no safe distance when synesthesia and trauma combine to eliminate all buffers…
Wreckage: The New Shallow End of the Pool
“From the deep end, the shallow is loud… thrashing with fluorescent outrage and curated virtue. But real meaning doesn’t shout. It shows up quietly, after the noise fades, with h…
Glass Room: New Song by Meaning Vault
The glass room a place where the walls don’t echo. Where everything is visible but nothing touches. Where you're watched, categorized, explained… but never really met. Polished w…
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Abrasive Monologues is a collective of musicians and artists creating work that values texture over polish, truth over trend. From raw instrumentals to reflective writing, every piece is built with care and conviction that is honest, imperfect, and meant to be felt. These musicians know who they are, and they don’t change that for the algorithm.
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