Hey!

Sorry it’s been a week or so. It was my birthday, and I had a wee bit of celebrating to do. But I’m back now, and ready for action.

Work on the EP has been continuing. It’s sounding good — better than it was — but it’s also starting to show me where the gaps are. The more I work on it, the more obvious the holes become, and those are going to need time and care to fill properly.

Sometimes, when you’re making music, you stumble across an idea that feels like it’s saying a lot. But when push comes to shove, you still have to put in the hard yards creatively to make it actually work. That’s what this EP is doing to me — exposing holes like that. Structural things. Emotional things. Difficult issues that can’t really be avoided if the music is going to be honest.

One thing I learned from my failed release, Play With Me, is that the music has to be honest above all else. If I cut corners or hide behind a clever idea, it shows — even if I don’t want it to.

I don’t really know how long this process is going to take. I was hoping to have the EP finished by the time uni starts in late February, but I’m no longer sure that’s realistic. For now, I’m trying to balance momentum with patience: pushing forward without rushing something that deserves to be done right.

Outside of music, I’ve also been playing WoW — yes, after all these years. Player housing just dropped, and I’ve been keeping busy with that. I’m currently building an arcane nightclub in my house, which feels oddly on-brand.

More soon.