I am ecstatic to announce the release of my new album, Ascension's Constraint, Part I. Listen at https://bnd.lc/PharmacoseAC

When I set out to make Ascension’s Constraint in 2020, I thought it would take me about a year or so. It ended up taking over three years. It’s been quite a journey, and this is only the first part! It has been an arduous path getting here, full of frustration, late nights, trial and error, and honestly a fair amount of failures. More than once I wanted to give up and never think about it again. In some respects, it might have been a healthier option, since I’m almost six years removed from my mental health struggles, but some part of me just will not sit still.

During the lockdowns, I built a project studio after my wife and I moved, and that’s where I was nearly every night from around 9:00-12:00, and sometimes more on the weekend. I put out versions of the songs on this record starting from the beginning of last year, and when it came time to start thinking about compiling them all into an album, I realized the recording and mixing just wasn’t good. So, earlier this year I set out to figure out where I went wrong, and to do what I needed to get the songs sounding how I wanted them to.

I ended up re-recording almost all the parts, which obviously meant that I had to mix everything again. It was disappointing at first to realize this, but I’m glad I took the time to do it. Everything sounds so much better now, and anyone who listened to the original versions won’t even recognize these ones. Additionally, I feel like I’ve got a decent idea about what I'm doing now, meaning that part two won’t take nearly as long.

Until then, I hope you’ll give these new songs a chance!

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Could I Be Dreaming?

Clementine

Victory At Wit's End

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Pushing through a medicated waking dream 💊
New album: https://band.link/PrescriptionFiction

Could I Be Dreaming?

Pharmacose

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