Remember that Selftitled album I released at the end of 2024? It never got the attention or release I really wanted for it. I mean the physical edition just wasn't up to my own standards. Not only that, but the split I made with Blackhouse just didn't get as much time as it should have in terms of promotion or push that I really wanted to put behind it. It will soon! This is a fantastic record, a really solid listen and until I get my stuff back up for sale, you should buy yours from Blackhouse directly. Seriously, do it. I hope to collaborate with them again in the future and I feel like I derp'ed it pretty hard with this release. Blackhouse deserves better than to work with me.
My view of 2025, though I made amazing strides in terms of moving forward with the project, especially in the first half of the year, is almost a sigh.
The beginning was marked with the death of my niece. It messed me up more than I thought it would. Of course I still think about her all the time, and for me grief and death always hit me when there's something I want to ask somebody, or a joke I want to tell them and I realize that I just can't. I don't talk about grieving much even though death is a big part of the music I make. Music is the only way I'm comfortable or can express this sort of thing.
That coupled with everything else - I really didn't have a lot of time last year to do a lot of what I wanted to do, and I don't know where that time went. Poor time management is the only thing I can attribute it to, and that's completely my fault, of course. Depression is stupid.
Oddly enough, and I'm okay with talking about this openly, much to the chagrin of several people I know - the downward slide into weird time management issues started when I stopped taking a specific medication. I started taking it again, and now everything is coming together. Again, depression is stupid. Mental illness is stupid. I have to have a lot of empathy for those that are going through much worse than I am, because most certainly are, and I hate having to take this specific thing every day in order just to function.
But anyway - with that out of the way - here's what's coming this year, this order:
Rereleases!!!! -----
Self-Titled Rerelease -
LP/12" on Clear Lathe Cut. These are in hand now, I just have to make an insert and they'll be available. They look great and sound pretty great as well. I mean it, these are beautiful. Has a slightly different master of the album in mono. (Total of 50 of these.)
CD - Finally on silver CD in an engraved jewel case with booklet. The re-release will include both the original stereo mix and the mono mix that was used for the LP. (300 of these.)
Tape - Finally on tape, the original format I wanted to release but didn't get to. (100 of these. Original stereo mix.)
Melancholia: Isolation in Four Movements
CD - Silver CD with an engraved jewel case and an insert/liner notes. Remastered. (200 of these.)
Tape - It's a cassette of this album! (100 of these.)
Resurrection of Dry Bones
CD - Silver CD with engraved jewel case and an insert/liner notes. Nothing will change. (200 of these.)
Tape - Likewise, it's a cassette of this album. (100 of these.)
New Releases!!!! -----
Church Sickness - It's coming out and it sounds good. I've started and restarted this so many times, it was supposed to be out in August of last year. I finally had to really place a strict amount of effort on this to really get it to where I want it. I'm still working on it, but it's the absolute best I can do. Like everything else I'm doing, it is the best I can do at any given time. Even if that's inconsistent...
The content is about church issues. It's about cults. It's about control.
I am seeking label assistance with this release. If this doesn't happen, I will self release it, but I think this would benefit from wider promotion and distribution and I would like to work with a label for this.
My Vision Of Hell - This album is about exactly what the title says. I haven't had many very detailed, specific visions, but the ones I've had have directly informed this project. This was the most vivid, terrifying thing I've ever experienced. I was definitely shown for a reason. This is extremely hard to work on and progress is slow. I think I will finish it this year, but time will tell.
Fruits of the Spirit Selftitled Album - As I stated before, I'm only making one album for this project. All material I've created for it thus far hasn't been scrapped, but it will be released on a collection along with the Joy EP with new artwork. This will only be released on tape and LP.
EP Collection - I've released a handful of EPs for R.I.O.S. and I'm compiling these into an album. I'm going to do my best to order it in a way that makes sense and actually sounds like an album, but it's really just a collection of these tracks. It will also have some other recordings on it that didn't make the cut. It's going to be interesting, but will likely only be released on CD.
Fruits of the Spirit - Up Until Now Collection - Before I knew that using AI was extremely frowned upon within the Dungeon Synth/Comfy Synth/Dark Ambient scene, I used it to make the artwork for my Joy! EP and my singles for the project. If only I had known. This really crippled the way forward for this project in a way that I didn't understand until more recently. I really didn't like using AI for the artwork for any of my projects, but at the time, I was broke and I figured it was a necessity. Thanks to some guidance/help from some in the Dungeon Synth scene, I've had it explained gently (thank you for that) and received suggestions. I'm thankful that this scene is as supportive as it is. So, as a result, the Joy EP, along with all the tracks produced for the project prior to this year will be released on a CD & Tape collection. I like this material but I'm a better musician than I was and I have a better idea for where I want to take the project for the full length. This will be a nice start in comparison to the false starts I had before. Thanks for everyone's continued patience and gentle nudging regarding this project.
Other Stuff!
I have a new secular side project that runs deep into Dungeon Synth territory. I might talk about it here a bit, I might not. Most everything I do now is touched in some way by my religious beliefs or just things I find interesting outside of that. This hasn't always been the case.
T-Shirts
Stickers
Buttons
Patches
And they're going to look cool. I'm not using print on demand services, not that I find anything wrong with them, I just enjoy having more control over my own merchandising and the quality thereof, I can also afford to occasionally support other artists, musicians, and independent businesses and I vastly prefer to do so over other options.
Thanks everybody. Things are looking up.
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