My friends!

Diamond Oceans is out today, the dream pop psychedelic agoraphobia anthem of the 2020s. I know I know, FINALLY right?!

This song was a real joy to make and features my first attempt at putting the vocoder front and center after many productions utilizing it for texture/background vocals.

The whole tune’s gloriously bizarre, an orchestral percussion fueled romp through drug-induced existential dread that releases into ambient surf trance.

You can listen here.

I also made a lyric video.

My friend Andrew Hutto, the man behind the beautiful High Falls visuals, is in the process of making a proper cool, artsy video, I’ll let you know when it’s live.

Given all the clusterfuckery in the world, and for a sensitive soul like myself, releasing art can feel strange. I’m reminded of various points in my career when I’ve felt spiritually overextended and adopted a victim-ish mentality - fuck this, I’m going to try to WIN, to figure out the algorithm, to look and act a certain way on stage etc.

Then there have been times when I’ve embraced the opposite reaction and said whelp, I feel helpless in the face of myriad shittiness, so let me just be an artist, lean into that sensibility and discover something new about myself. Every time I put in the work, I’m rewarded with clarity.

Diamond Oceans represents the latter ethos, and I’m proud to have tapped into it.

More updates to follow. Thank you, as always, for listening.