Saturday, March 30, 2024

Live video link and shows this spring and updates for me

Hey again my friendos. Short one today. I'm finishing up the last videos for this album which is super fun but I'm realizing that while some of the short-form stuff is actually super fun, the longer music video stuff isn't as satisfying for me. Maybe I'll

Okay here's the hook: you have exclusive access (uh whatever i guess) to this link to a video of me and my band performing at the Awesomest Concert of This Year So Far Basically.

Maybe it was disappointing to hear Chapter I only had one new song. You won't believe it: Chapter II has two new songs. April 5th! Love you. Bye.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

I found an awesome old demo

The album is officially less than two months away and I have something pretty fun to put here...

High Spirits, the first track on Chapter I, was the first song I wrote for this album, back when I just thought I was gonna call it The Long Run. It grew so much bigger than that and I eventually had to just kinda say "whoa hey let's put a cork in it and show everyone and then make other stuff eventually." This is the first recorded evidence of this album. The only part I used on the actual track that is now High Spirits is those crunched up guitars in the intro (the original guitars from this demo). I'm definitely glad I slowed it down cause this is absurdly fast.

I haven't been posting as much cause I know I said it would be "exclusive" and "special" or whatever and I don't have a ton of stuff like that. I did end up making this funny song kinda in the style of SEBii which was super fun for my friend Nolan's birthday though (he released a song recently too which is cool). Now I'm just emailing a bunch of magazines and websites like "hey pwetty pwease post my music and those pictures Blake took of me." 

As Eli Orion himself, I am gently reminding you to pre-save or listen to Chapter I: The Long Run, depending on when you see this. I hope your days are well and the new sun is warming you sufficiently.

Love.