The album art is much more intentional than my other covers have been. A YouTube comment had me reeling about whether it was clear where I stand, so I will exercise my Zach Braff Impulse and explain a bit about the two nooses on the club. To the left and right side are two tools of oppression exercised by forms of the state against the public in defense of capital; a knight's arm on the left represents the sort of technofeudal lords attempting to strong arm the non-billionaire class, and to the right an actual literal military vehicle represents the current ruling class' executive arm, which was being used at the time (and likely continues to be used) against civilians protesting the government disappearing people. The nooses, then, are intended as Hague fantasies, for lack of a better descriptor. None of us are free until we are all free, and that means that no one will be free until the last prison is abolished.
Here's the album opener, Unlimited Schenken. This song is about Contract Bridge but also this song is about that moment in an online leftist space where you and several other users will agree that direct action is probably best, and yet for some reason, you find yourselves deadlocked on messaging.
Fettuccine Alfredo Diorama released on August 31st. This is my fourth full-length tape, and the second of my space-fi explorations. Some of these songs are survivors from the Hermit Crab Sarcophagus sessions, but most were written after the fact. Three new Compulsions songs break this one up at the beginning, middle, and end!
I released my third tape, Hermit Crab Sarcophagus on June 2nd, 2025. It was the last album recorded fully on my Tascam MF-P01 Portastudio before my recent upgrade to a Porta03 MkII. You'll find out more about that when the next one releases! Until then, please enjoy Hermit Crab Sarcophagus. I'm calling it a Space-Fi record for now, but let me know if you have a better genre for it.
I released Commercial Break on November 4th 2024! This album was fully recorded and mixed using a Tascam MF-P01 Portastudio (with some mastering in Audacity to reduce the tape hiss). Check out the album below, and let me know your favorite song from it using the Contact Me form at the bottom of the page!
On May 22nd, 2024, I released You Are In Wilkinsburg Now? I've been working on this album since 2017, technically, but I didn't start recording until late 2021. You Are in Wilkinsburg Now? is available now, both digitally and on cassette tape over on my Bandcamp! You can use the player below to listen to the album!
You can always find out more about what I'm working on by heading over to the Current Projects page. I'll be keeping that page updated with any new plans for music, any tape compilations I may be putting together, and any new collages that I'm ready to share. Here's one I made recently, which I'm calling Kibitzer.
I've got a cover of the Mountain Goats' Romans 10:9 below! If you like that one, I've got plenty of covers over at The Cover Zone.