New Hope is 20 chronologically ordered recordings from the months of November 2023 - June 2024. Made with two microphones and a focusrite, the raw records play with room feedback and tape speed to reflect the sound of grieving while falling in love. Runtime is 90 minutes and gapless playback is recommended in a setting where you feel comfortable.

New Hope

if you understand the vibe
you are one of the real ones

Living Time

New Hope, Chapter I - The Great Divide

I ran home cuz I thought I was fired
And man all these joints are tired
And I said “wait” I was waiting for a serenade
Tell me everything about your damn day
Lay me out front if you threw a grenade
So why?
Do I seem distracted to you?
It’s beautiful to lay awake in my eyes

So watch it all be enough for you to take in
Watch it all be enough for you to let in
I tried to face the great divide
It only tired me out

Date of recording (11.6.23)

The Great Divide

Now the
Seasons 
Open new paths
I will find it
I will find it

Speak to me
Was there anything I could’ve said to change your mind?
Cus' when I fall asleep
I keep running out of things to keep my self in check

Now the
Seasons 
Open new paths
I’m reminded
I will find it

They carried you away
Haunting in display
I think of you
Always
Think of you

Always
Think of you
(Everybody comes around)

Always
Think of you

Always (Think of You)

album release show on may 30th in chicago: 
https://link.dice.fm/P9e4e3ae41d4?dice_id=P9e4e3ae41d4

music video: https://youtu.be/mu1dBfg4SiE

master by alexander panos in northern illinois
clarinets by zachary alexander in baltimore
backing vocals by oyeme thomas in chicago
horns by padraig greene in kingston

lyrics: 
the problem breeds a novel thief
and you conned it, ironic

you stayed with me, connected seams
and i loved it, i covet

and i needed that, i was catatonic
you carefully returned for me

calligraphic notes, stars would ink the pages
(you called my name with covered eyes)
blooming from the basement

that's like flashing hope to the patient
(you called my name with covered eyes) 
don't give them a reason

your combination i've never seen

but you've given me that, it was catastrophic

you're simply eternity

calligraphic notes, stars would ink the pages
(you called my name with covered eyes)
blooming from the basement

that's like flashing hope to the patient
(you called my name with covered eyes) 
don't give them a reason

your combination i've never seen

Bubba

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"one sorry muse" by Alaska Sargent
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w. Alaska Sargent
art. Alaska Sargent
First five seconds of recording/composition are courtesy of cnri

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Cover alt text:
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Lyrics:
Synapsion 
I can't compete
Apologize
Between you and me

Ancient figures
Poets of which destruction has fed
I think I'll lay back down
And rest my head

Composure
Unrequitee
Oh, doctor
Hold the remedy

Deities
The power which I hold inside my hands
And yet all I wished for
Was one more chance

Bitter soil
Au revoir
Get your act together
Pick the pieces up
And maybe if we try again
You'll love me better this time
You'll love me better this time
You'll love me better this time

Cut the cord
Untie myself
And fall into your hue
To live once more
As I'm one sorry muse

I'm one sorry muse
I'm one sorry muse

© 2025 Cosmic Dysphoria, under exclusive license from Alaska Sargent

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one sorry muse

fuck mark kozelek but this song is really good

carissa

New Hope, Chapter VI - Hush

Date of recording (1.9.24)

Hush

don’t put the filament out

we know the tungsten
can handle it
can handle it
can handle it
now

we know this tongue
can still handle it
we handle it now

in the glassy eyed stretch
of this hole in the ground

we are turning
we are curving
we are making the round

World Pool

New Hope, Chapter VII - honest
Recorded 2.1.24

oh, don't let em take my breath away again
oh, I'll live forever if I could, if I could
death only matters anyway 
if you have someone to share it with
promise I won't put you on a pedestal
I'll only love you forever
and the sun's getting hotter, oh
but my hope's getting bright
one day we'll have a baby, my love 
one day we'll have a baby
in each other's arms, I love you still
oh, I could look at those brown eyes forever, and see you still

only I know how to love forever
if I could love you still
and only my friends could catch a glipse of the spark
only from the start
read your funny books
and tell me everything inside them
read your funny books
and tell me fuckin' everything

i know the music ain't perfect yet anyway
what the fuck does that even mean?
i'm recording into a focusrite
to tell you i'll love forever

baby I had a dream that you and I were in a library

-st

hmm? (do it anyways)

honest

New Hope, Chapter XII - guilt
Recorded 3.14.24

guilt, nah nah nah nah no (no)
guilt, nah nah nah nah no
guilt, nah nah nah nah no (no)
guilt, nah nah nah nah no

guilt

New Hope, Chapter V - running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
Recorded 12.13.23

no doubt, no doubt, no doubt, no doubt, no doubt
running through the park
running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin home
running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
yeah
home
what is this?
what is this?
(runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin)
about me
about me
about me
cause i'm running through the park yea i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin
oh i'm runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin through the park
yea im runnin home
runnin through the park yea i'm runnin home

running through the park, yea im runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin runnin

New Hope, Chapter II - Red Spell

spells, we were talking bout spells
oh well, we were talking bout spells
hell, don't talk about hell
oh well, we were talking bout hell

now I see the difference don't you need me to rest
I swear my intuition tells me nothin' but the best
oh I need a good c---
so take your intuition, get your fuckin' inhibition out your mind
I don't need nobody here to see me whine
I'm crying, don't you see that I was only so depressed cause the best of the people that I had in my mind
oh why?

baby this is full regeneration, not the way I ride
I'm swimmin' no regrets and babe I only see the sky
I'm wonderin' bout the
woah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah standin' in the way

~

New Hope, Chapter III - Blue Spell

this isn't what it seems baby
I'm in a dream, and I'm doing fine
still running from the love that keeps me afraid
still loving how your hair looks when it's in a braid
fell for you when the moon hit the ground and I said "oh"
still waiting for the day to come when you say no
yeah

~

New Hope, Chapter IV - Green Spell

don't you believe?
don't you believe?
don't you we'll be fine, love

this isn't what it seems baby
I'm in a dream, and I'm doing fine
still running from the love that keeps me afraid
still loving how your hair looks when it's in a braid
fell for you when the moon hit the ground and I said "oh"

fell for you when the moon hit the ground and I said "oh"
I'm still waiting for the day that you say you can let me go
I don't wait for the ways that you say "you can let me know"

don't you believe?
don't you believe?
don't you we'll be fine, love

subliminal the way that you would let me go
and the radio is running the show
I care for you I do, I do
but I only have so much for you
and I can't use all my spells


Recorded 11.7.23

Three Spells (Red Spell, Blue Spell, Green Spell)

raven

inst: shxxkoh1da
tg: shxxkoh1daaa

lyrics: https://genius.com/Shxxkoh1da-ill-become-snow-lyrics

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Forgotten - Track 22

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I Hate Summer

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member/cofounder @anythingcouldbehere

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