I was just a hair away from making another record 3 weeks following This Sickness. I had so many ideas following that EP – new melodies, unexplored song structures, refined instrumentation… simply put, songs just kept coming to me.

Many of those ideas I had poured into various, somewhat unfocused directions. I had a couple other bands, I was thinking of starting up some other musical groups along the way, I wrote music for some games, and I even started composing music for the gameboy. There were many other works, though. Unfinished, orphaned ideas that never quite found a place to slot themselves into.

Eventually, I deliberately hugged music goodbye as a significant part of my life to focus on making other things. It’s worth mentioning that I do not regret this decision – I’ve learned and grown a lot in my pursuit as a “maker” as opposed to wholesale “musician”.

However!

The stars have aligned for me to have a non-trivial amount of free time on my hands. I accidentally revisited some of these ideas, and I started to like them. Then, involuntarily, I started to hear where they could go, and remembered what this solo project I have is for.

I have begun recording again. My Confine Writing process will remain the same. What is different this time around is the deadline, and guarantee, for a finished product. It is equally conceivable that I will:
- Take 5 days to release 4 songs
- Take 10 days to release 10 songs
- Take 14 days to release 3 songs
- Take 16 days to decide against releasing any of it

I will try my hardest to avoid the latter. It’s a terrifying thought, oddly enough, that I could find myself releasing nothing at the end of this. It has been a long time. I don’t know what I’m capable of anymore, sonically. It’s likely my standards have changed, just as it is likely that I’m trying a sound I’ve never fully explored. Of all things I’m willing to do for this project, I’m not willing to release something I’m dissatisfied with.

I promise to do everything in my power to get something good into your hands, in a very timely manner.