Ever wonder what it's like to be in the control booth or the live room of a recording studio, or what the process of recording an album is like? These intimate videos from the production of The Normal Album were too close of a look to squeeze into "What Did I Do?" and have the documentary flow properly, but we think you'll get a real kick out of paying us a virtual visit in studio back in time,...
2022-09-02 22:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Ever wonder what it's like to be in the control booth or the live room of a recording studio, or what the process of recording an album is like? This and the upcoming highly intimate videos from the production of The Normal Album were too close of a look to squeeze into "What Did I Do?" and have the documentary flow properly, but we think you'll get a real kick out of paying us a virtual visit ...
2022-08-26 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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A few weeks ago, while my hair was growing back unevenly after having shaved my head, I went to the barber and was utterly butchered. I had asked him to clean it up on the back and sides, and he asked me if I meant a fade. I wasn't sure what that meant exactly, so I said "maybe?" and he immediately went to work and took it past the point of no return before I could say anything more. So for the...
2022-08-25 20:09:21 +0000 UTC
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TL;DR: Things are good
In a sense, the "In Case I Die" Tour was sort of my first tour ever. Sure, I'd gone on 2-3 week self-booked DIY tours a few times, playing at dive bars and punk basements to a handful of die-hards or nobody at all, but that was it. Many of the people I ran into became friends, or at least something like friends, and due to these shows' intimacy it w...
2022-08-21 22:11:25 +0000 UTC
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I'm not entirely sure I have the motivation or clarity of mind necessary to write even this entry, let alone consistent Tour Diary entries as I go through the ICIMI tour, but I figured I'd post a little something today and try to post at least a couple paragraphs here and there.
On this tour, the team and I are riding in a Bandwagon RV/camper with a sixteen foot trailer hitched to the bac...
2022-08-19 20:06:59 +0000 UTC
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Ever wonder what it's like to be in the control booth or the live room of a recording studio, or what the process of recording an album is like? This and the upcoming highly intimate videos from the production of The Normal Album were too close of a look to squeeze into "What Did I Do?" and have the documentary flow properly, but we think you'll get a real kick out of paying us a virtual visit ...
2022-08-06 22:00:04 +0000 UTC
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2022-08-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Falling up
Your stratospheric fear of catastrophe’s near, fast it’s here
Atmosphere past your ears, fall but you’ll neverland.
Second star to the right
I’m gripping the grass and I’m ...
2022-07-21 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The Prescription is my monthly Patreon-Exclusive art & writing zine, which follows the story of a rather troubled social worker and God, and features art by yours truly that is mostly wholly unrelated to the series of events depicted in the narrative.
Physical copies are sent to Full Members and higher every month, with Premium members getting little surprises/mysterious scraps from t...
2022-07-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Animator Joseph Weidlein (pronounced "Wide Line") first contacted me after seeing the "Memento Mori" music video as part of a festival it was submitted to. He offered me his services, but I didn't have any projects at the time. A few months ago however, I found myself listening to the "Euthanasia" demo over and over and imagining an animated music video in my head. So I checked out 2022-07-17 22:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Jake filmed me explaining why the album is called ICIMI. I didn't explain it very well, but there you have it.
2022-07-10 22:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I’m afraid of leaving my house
I’m afraid of dying of cancer
I’m afraid of black sedans, white vans, and computers
I’m afraid of losing my mind
I’m afraid of windows and airplanes
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2022-07-07 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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I don’t owe you my heart, and I don’t owe you my body.
But you should know that I’m sorry for being careless with you.
Lord knows I owed you more, than I’m pretty sure I ever could give anybody
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2022-06-23 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Vater Boris back at Backroom again, laying down bass for ICIMI.
2022-06-18 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I’m the first-person they talk about in all the books
I’m the perspective you cannot doubt, see how I look,
Control the narrative reliably, baby it’s all about me
And I wrote the book about thr...
2022-06-16 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Wonder how I didn’t die
This is not my life. I’m no survivor, I just happened to survive.
Wonder how I sleep at night
Well I count pink elephants, blessings and skeletons
Down the days I ha...
2022-06-13 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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One of the perks offered to Indiegogo Contributors (in this case exclusive to patreon members) was an invitation to a listening party where we all got together to listen to the then-latest mixes of the tracks we had well, MOSTLY finished recording.
2022-06-12 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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My dream girl, those eyes, that nose
My private inside joke, sign the cast on my funny bone
Floral sheets on long-given-up ghosts
Haunt my bedroom at night and say “let’s get you home”
Th...
2022-06-11 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Join longtime Tapeworms guitarist Mike Bottiglieri and I while we record acoustic, electric, and lap steel guitar for In Case I Make It at Backroom Studios. We don't have footage of it, but he also played mandolin on this album.
2022-06-06 22:01:01 +0000 UTC
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So here we go I'm turning over the same old leaf again
The Seraphim on my shoulder whisperin' "please don't turn your head,"
"'Cause if it weren't for the everything then anything could happen"
If an...
2022-05-28 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Matt Berger, the extraordinarily talented multi-instrumentalist whose saxophone and clarinet work you've heard on everything I've put out since 2017 says he can't play clarinet or flute. Yet he still managed to play both of those instruments on ICIMI, alongside alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone. Matt Berger is a fool.
2022-05-22 21:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Kawari Sound in Wyncote PA has a gorgeous Steinway upright that I like to record on. Since we were already there and already filming, we figured we'd do some vocals as well despite my dry and cracking voice.
2022-05-14 23:01:01 +0000 UTC
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hey that's what this is. other videos like this are coming.
Mario's a neat dude. he did drumming.
2022-05-07 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Here are the lyrics to one of the songs slated for "In Case I Make It,".
If you leak this, everyone will have to wait for the album release date to see the rest of the lyrics.
Willard:
(Where Your Nightmares End...)
You know I couldn't hurt a fly, my friend.
I'm not the type to step on ants.
I've nearly cried for moths th...
2022-05-06 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Here are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs slated for "In Case I Make It,".
If you leak this, everyone will have to wait for the album release date to see the rest of the lyrics.
Becoming the Last-Names
Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition.
I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought.
The more mo...
2022-05-01 16:57:00 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-21 22:01:01 +0000 UTC
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we all got together and yelled and stuff
2022-04-14 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Howdy y'all!
We're all wrapped on "In Case I Make It" by now (I'm writing this in the studio while recording over a month ago... sorry y'all I'm swamped as hell and trying to keep up.) and I wanted to share some photos from the recording process. There may be more photos like this to come, and eventually some videos, all captured by Jake Feldman, whose work you are likely familiar with by...
2022-04-09 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Mario Conte is the greatest drummer I've ever seen, hands down. And I'm not just saying that because he's one of my oldest and dearest friends. I've never seen anyone do what he can do. Maybe drummers with an ear for world-class drumming know who to look up on Youtube to prove me wrong, but eh. I've worked with a lot of great drummers, who have all had their strengths and unique touch, so don't...
2022-04-03 23:01:00 +0000 UTC
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