Make You Cry

Sure Be Cool If You Did

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.

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Inspired by music from all genres, Walker Hayes seamlessly blends elements of pop, rock, rap and country together, creating a fresh sound firmly rooted in his southern perspective.
 
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Hayes grew up in a large blended family. Basketball, track and piano were his childhood passions, the latter being an interest that would turn from a hobby into his primary pursuit when he earned a music degree at Alabama’s Birmingham-Southern College. He finished his degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. 
 
After discovering songwriting and penning a few songs himself, Hayes moved to Nashville eager to pursue a career in music. Within a year he had a record deal with a Nashville label and released music tailored for the popular tastes at the time.  Shortly after a label merger he was released from his deal and was able to pursue his own unique sound.
 
With no pressure, no demands, and nothing to lose, Hayes began developing his signature style.  Lyric heavy and groove based, Hayes hunkered down in his writing "shack" at new publisher RareSpark Media Group and recorded hundreds of songs himself.  These recordings caught the ear of Nashville hit maker, Shane McAnally, who immediately signed Hayes to his SMACK Publishing/Production house. 
    
Hayes released his first batch of work tapes entitled 8Tracks (Vol I) in May 2016. “Say Sober”, one of the 8Tracks, was featured on Spotify's New Music Friday Playlist and immediately charted on Spotify's Viral Chart.   Another track, “Shades” was heavily featured on the nationally syndicated Bobby Bones Radio Show and proclaimed an early contender for Song of the Summer by Bobby himself.
 
The 8Tracks are a collection of early worktapes that Hayes produced by himself in his shack while experimenting with sounds and lyrics.   The idea of the release of this music was to make the 8Track collections free and easily accessible to new listeners.   8Tracks (Vol II) is currently in development for a late summer release.    Concurrently, Hayes is in the studio with McAnally working on his first full studio album that will incorporate fully produced songs from the 8Tracks as well as unreleased original material.


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