January 16, 2026. 14 platforms. Simultaneous worldwide release. Six tracks I never would have made if things had gone according to plan. Not because they weren't ready. The masters were finalized weeks ago. UPC codes assigned. ISRC codes registered. Copyright declarations filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. Every technical box checked. I never would have made them because two years ago I was drowning in reverb and minor chords. Different band. Different name. Shoegaze—walls

If you're holding champagne at a rooftop party, you're not really working. They teach you this in music school—if they taught anything useful. The best sets happen when you forget the optics. When it stops being about the photo op and becomes about the sound. But here's the thing about Las Vegas rooftop parties : sometimes the optics ARE the work. The city sprawls below like a circuit board. The Strip's neon bleeds into the night sky. Someone hands you a glass of champagne, a