In his 4/6/10 Guardian article, “Steve Mason: Out of the blackness,” Dave Simpson writes about Steve Mason’s history of severe depression and how hypnotherapy and antidepressants helped. Here’s an excerpt:
In 2008, Mason briefly returned as Black Affair, a curious electronic project that he says arose out of a whirlwind relationship with a woman who shared his love of 1980s electro music. When the pair broke up, he found himself at rock bottom again, and finally sought serious, long-term treatment.
Gradually, with antidepressants and gruelling six-hour sessions of hypnotherapy, Mason has taken these experiences and turned them into the best music of his career. In the new single Lost and Found, he sings about being discovered “at the base of a river”, which draws on the time he jumped into Loch Lomond and saw daylight disappear above him – although he insists the song’s suicide pact theme is fictional. Read the whole article here.
