I'm done ...

Just uploaded The Branches for mastering. I am totally done with it now. I will be getting drunk shortly. Hahaha.

And sorry for my general absence. I had to cut off from everything to properly finish this thing. I haven't been online, or checked my e-mails. I just locked myself away and spent every bit of time and energy I had tracking the last of everything, and when I was approaching burnout, I would drive to a spring somewhere in Florida and swim and forget as much as I could, then dive back in to working on it. But I am finished. I have nothing left to give it, and it's out of my hands.

I can't wait to start sleeping again. And this will be available in October. Not a whole lot of time to get all the manufacturing and everything together, but I'll get it done. The balls are already in motion.

My brother got me tickets for the birmingham show a few months ago :-D

Thanks, everyone. Finished all the artwork and formatting this week, so now it's just down to getting everything manufactured, working on live arrangements, finishing the next Bastards EP and making some music videos. I was expecting this to be a lighter Summer than normal. Whoops.

And to answer questions ...

Neonbible: Yes, this will be another little book. All three share a very similar look, so they'll be a set when it's all done. But no gatefold, as those are really expensive. Still just a single. But I'm looking for some better papers and a nice gold ink this time around. Something more textured. And I will be putting up a little mini-preview for the album on my youtube channel, but it'll be using a song that isn't on the record.

Carrie Potter: You know, I wish I was more excited when I finished records, but by the time I'm done, I kind of hate them. Hahaha. I just go over it so many times that I can't really stand the songs anymore. Which is probably also a reason why I change them for live shows.

Ray: Sleep? Not so much. Hahaha. I have made a vow to take on less next year. I'm tired of being tired lately.

Captjanko: Yep. There will be a free EP in September. 4 songs, I think. But I'll see once I start mixing them.

Sorry for more radio silence. Been busy getting all the extras around the release ready. It's always more than I think. Every time.

Finished up some press photos this week, though. And those are always fun to come up with. I usually do kind of ridiculous ones, but that's just because I like ridiculous photos. Here's some of them:









Now all that's left is music videos, tour rehearsals, and playing Dota2 whenever I can find the time.

Thanks! And as a fan of those books, I'm not mad if that's a triggered association.

Soon. The next Bastards EP will be up in a few weeks, and then a couple weeks after that I'll start sneaking tracks from the album out. It's 15 new songs total. Though two are very short.

i thought that as well when i saw the thread title! it was a bad time, but these pictures are great, i'm looking forward warmly to the release