feat Joe Suihkonen and Andrew Krull
"cause I'm one step closer to the edge and i'm about to break"
- rhcp
"make my pee-pee go. D-doing, doing, doing"
- coldplay

Stairway To California

This album is dedicated to my Dad.

released 23 June 2015 
Written, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered 2014-2015 at my home in Chicago, IL. 
Music and Cover Artwork by Bryan Kingsley

Behold

Grievances

North Shore (WIP)

I made this with the Auxy app while flying from Chicago to St. Louis.

45 Minutes in a Window Seat

2016 03 29

Manipulated samples from two of my favorite videogames.

Silent Town Demo

Saxophone Quartet.
Performed by: Chris Miley, Nick Joven, Timo Vollbrecht, and Shelley Washington.
Words and music by Aaron Garcia

The trajectory is clouded by self consciousness 
becoming
maps torn are becoming 
a transient embodiment of doubt 
I'm becoming a map torn in half
I am becoming

The trajectory is clouded, a transient embodiment of doubt
the trajectory is clouded

The sound in an infinite space decays 
The decay of sound in an infinite space

The trajectory is clouded, a transient embodiment
the trajectory is clouded

Unsure, unsure, unsure, unsure, unsure, I'm sure...

Becoming.

Maps, Legends

Per Åslund has collected AOR, Westcoast and Yacht Rock since the 1980s and co-hosts the Keep It Smooth podcast in Sweden. This fifth exclusive mix for us features some of the classiest rare tracks in his collection. Track list coming soon...

Keep It Smooth Volume 5

Keep It Smooth Volume 5 by by Per Åslund

Operating from within the welcoming confines of the self-coined descriptor “posi-djent,” Chicago’s HARM LESS appropriates a style known for aggressiveness and technique-worship and re-purposes it with warmth and a welcoming spirit. Beginning life as a tribute to multi-instrumentalist Bryan Kingsley’s father and dedicated to the path of moving forward through life with bright-eyed insistence and purpose, HARM LESS invites listeners to experience joy through volume. 

Eschewing the tropes often associated of musical endeavors centered around a single individual – myopic tones, limited scope, dominant instrumentation – SAFE’S PACE possesses compositional richness and organic delivery that belie Kingsley’s unaccompanied performance. In fact, the songs on this record feel more natural and less mechanic than what one has come to expect of djent-adjacent music. That is ultimately the goal of HARM LESS, though, to bring emotional engagement and impassioned exuberance to a stylistic melding with a conceptual foundation built on torrid riffing and intense sonic weight. 

The result is an album for lovers of loud music who are concurrently seeking a musical experience that reinforces the embracing of euphoria. From the irresistibly upbeat groove of lead single “LOOSE LEAVES” to the full-hearted melodic chug of “MADE OF THE MIST,” from the math-y sway of “UNVIOLENCE” to the massive climactic outpouring of the title track, SAFE’S PACE is a record the grabs you, shakes you, but then offers a warm embrace. It’s the kind of heavy music that’s desperately needed for so many of us in 2019.