Empathica is an album released in 2015 by Devyn Smith, published under the alias “Coin locker kid.” The album was eventually taken down from his Bandcamp page, but later re-released in 2018 with the following description:
“Reasoning with madness never works, but there are always people willing to try.” –Brenda Maddox, “Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom
Tracks 5 and 9 feature Ballerine Nadiya on lead vocals.
Further instrumentation on other tracks provided by Domonique Ellis, Matthew Epstein, Daniel J. W!shington, and vlad.
The title is a reference to a location of the same name in Stephen King’s novel “The Dark Tower.”