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In \n2024, this has brought him to a place where he is also excavating his \npast and embracing and re-evaluating it in the present. His recent \nmemoir, the New York Times bestseller Down with the System, saw him dive\n deep into the principles, passions and philosophies that have fueled \nhis life in and out of music. Similarly, his new EP, Foundations,\n mines music and lyrics from previous decades and reframes them in a \nhard-hitting, intensely focused collection. It is, Tankian says, “A \nretrospective of songs from different eras of my life, meant to \ncomplement the memoir.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all of Tankian’s work, the five tracks that comprise Foundations encompass\n a wide range of sounds and styles. It is music that traverses multiple \neras and vast swaths of emotions. 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