The full-length follow-up to the group's 2017 debut EP, "Stands with Death", a dark, dusty discourse on the departure and ultimate dissolution of life, "Becomes Awake" symbolizes a movement from darkness into light; finding balance through acceptance of one's own qualities of both the light and the dark; the good and the bad. The struggle of finding balance is never ending.

While Chelsea Wolfe's Dark Folks may serve as a comparison, The Dark Red Seed veer down a much heavier path. Standing equally in the tradition of dark folk and modern heavy psych, Larson notes that the three albums that most inspired "Becomes Awake" are Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space", The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded". The resultant powerfully dark, rich sound of The Dark Red Seed carries an emotionally gripping weight that draws you in and refuses to let go. Striking cover art by Paul Romano (Mastodon, Dälek) furthers the album's potent allure.