"Functional" Out Now! https://gert-taberner.ffm.to/functional
Life took a series of unexpected twists and turns for Taberner in 2020. His father passed away from lung cancer in May of that year. A year later, his mother faced a terminal cancer diagnosis as well, but Gert promised “not to miss chemo treatments or anything.” Alongside his sister, he devoted himself entirely to mom’s care 24/7 until she unfortunately succumbed to the disease in 2022. “When I was taking care of my parents, I didn’t want to write music for a long time,” he says. “With my mental health, it wasn’t possible. Losing them was a very formative aspect of the EP. The project became the closure I needed with what I went through.” “My dad and I didn’t see eye-to-eye very much,” he elaborates. “A lot of things were left unsaid. ‘Functional’ is a letter addressing everything I wish I would’ve had the opportunity to say when he was here.”