This album is for everyone who crashes the hardest when the lights go up for Christmas and the days get short and cold.

We Are But Thieves is a seasonal depression record, a winter-anguish record, and a thank-you letter to everyone who’s been with us in Year One.

We started AxAxC as an experiment:
two nobodies writing what hurt, what healed, and what we couldn’t say out loud —
while learning prompt engineering and playing with sound.

One year later, you gave us:
• 696,645 plays
• 1,134,905+ minutes listened
• 9,403 likes
• 452 new followers
• top cities like Kyiv • Minsk • Moscow • Hanau • Dnipro
and you carried tracks like Crown of Thorns, End of the Line and Transcendence way further than we expected.

This album is our way of saying thank you and “I see you” to everyone who drowns a little in the dark months.

Founding Five — 2025 Playback:
Nanem • Nhelomoloi580 • Colin Pagano • User 322501917 • NO FI$H

You five streamed us like crazy this year. You’re officially carved into AxAxC history.

Honorary Mentions / Day-One Family:
Blayvid, KAT, Coldwake (Jenny), MaxSoulBoneBlood, Vitaly, Hasti Sajadi, TheRealKingVass, Christopher Linder, Neghar B.

Thank you for riding with us, reposting us, yelling lyrics in DMs, and holding this project down when it was just weird noise in a corner of the internet.

This is for everyone dealing with SAD, depression, faith collapse, broken families, winter nights and quiet rooms:
• the ones who feel guilty for just existing,
• the ones who’ve written a 48-hour countdown in their head,
• the ones who feel “on my own” even in a crowded room,
• the ones who’ve thought “anywhere and nowhere would be better than here.”

If these songs hit you, do three things:

Save the track that feels like you.

Share it with someone who needs to know they’re not alone this winter.

Tell us in the comments which lyric you’re stealing for your heart.

Thank you for fucking with us this year.
This is the end of Year One.
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If you’re struggling or feeling unsafe

This album talks openly about depression, self-harm thoughts and wanting to disappear.
If any of these songs hit too close and you’re thinking about hurting yourself:

• United Kingdom – Call Samaritans 116 123 (free, 24/7) or visit the NHS “Help for suicidal thoughts” page for more options.
• Sweden – Call Självmordslinjen 90101 (Mind’s suicide prevention line), or call 112 in an emergency.
• United States – Call or text 988 or chat via the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7, free, confidential).
• Russia – You can call the national Helpline for Children, Teens & Parents 8-800-2000-122, or Samaritans Cherepovets 8 (8202) 577-577 for emotional crisis and suicide support.

If your life is in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number right away (112, 911, etc.).

And if hotlines feel too big, reach out to one person you trust – friend, family member, teacher, someone in your community.

You are not weak for needing help.
You are not a burden for feeling this way.

Even if this album sounds like your head, today is not the day you die.

© AxAxCStudios™ — All rights reserved. Distort. Distrust. Destroy.

Taken By The Tide feat. Cayde, Until Darkness Falls

sonic islands

Tumble the Skunk

The Red Line of Algorithms

Subliminal Criminals

Outbreak

Time Bomb

Badge & A Bullet Pt. II

Kezia

Heretics & Killers

Transit Blues

Detroit Tapes

Time Bomb

Stray From The Path