Tunes Update, Summer 2025

I'm settling back into post-release depression, so I'd thought I'd hold the symptoms at bay by blogging again. I noticed I hadn't really updated this site with regards to any projects I've worked on this year. Let's start by fixing that.

I put out a dr. mocker record back in February on Negative Wingspan called Constant Current Stimulus. It's probably the hardest I've worked on a release since the days of Penrose, a band I fronted with my two brothers back in the early 2010s, when responsibilities were limited solely to the music and rent, before getting sober and building more of what might be deemed a life. The songs came easier back then despite knowing far less about songwriting and about myself—a side effect of booze and youthful hubris I suppose. This is all to say Constant Current Stimulus is the first proper album I've made in a very long time, and while every release feels less like I've completed something and more that it's only "done" because I can't make it any better, this one bothers me the least of all (for now). I hope you'll listen to it.

While I'm asking my dear reader for things, I should also mention I have a new droning muffler EP dropping in four days. It's the fifth installment of the deeper into movies series. Its recording process began shortly after Constant Current Stimulus as a way to not think about guitar for a while. 

I don't know if I've ever revealed this on the internet, but each EP in the series corresponds to a particular film. None are meant to be a rescore (a concept I find abhorrent, especially considering some of the choices in this series have scores far better than anything I'm capable of), but more an exploration of the feelings I associate with each movie, at times in relation to particular scenes, at other times digging into more general feelings about the work as whole. I haven't ever said which EP is for which film to anyone but my wife. I'd like to think the music can stand on its own, and associating a piece with something specific might minimize meaning for the listener.

That's all for now. Writing is difficult when you're out of practice. This is something I aim to fix, so expect more action here in the coming weeks. Thanks.