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Finally had the space and time to listen through both sides of MYTH back to back yesterday while ~mostly alone on a small mc server doing extremely mundane tasks. Zoning out endlessly tunneling deeper into the Earth with stone tools while St. Sasha's stories possess(?) and are told through you was a phenomenal experience. Went from "Huh, yeah, I guess that has some sort of artistic vibe to record yourself narrating trying to hike" to "Oh no."

yaaaay 💜

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Little painting I did based on @narcissistcookbook's album MYTH, which has me in a fucking chokehold y'all. I brought it with me for them to sign to the St Louis show on Tuesday.

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I had my dad, who’s a Gary native, listen to Something’s Buried Under Gary, Indiana and his response to it was “well, whatever they buried they didn’t bury it deep enough, because you can still smell it”

HA

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Heya! I just got diagnosed with epilepsy, will the Fort Worth show have flashing/moving lights? Cause if so you are gonna get to see a brand new dance.

We always ask that they turn off flashing lights and strobes. We can't make guarantees because we don't have our own tech team, and sometimes the in house techs forget or hit the wrong button or something - but it's something we specify directly

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okay, I have now spent 3 hours scouring both your blog and the internet and it is 1:00 a.m. and I work tomorrow and since I was able to read I've had a hunger in my stomach for books like an itch and MYTH has absolutely stuck in my brain with the fragments of fairy tales that I don't get to read and I need to know... I NEED TO KNOW -- is the fairy tales of st sasha a real book ? was brownley a real guy ? and if it is real please goodness tell me where i can read it, because those flashes of eerie fairy tales made me feel a feeling so rare and sour like a nightmare you still remember from a movie you saw as a kid but can't find the name of and you aren't sure if you dreamed it and i am upset, you see? please tell me it's a real book.

it isn't a real book i'm afraid, but i put a lot of effort into making it feel real and so i love this for me

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it's made it back! i'm back on tour now, but i'll post a photo when i get back 💜 absolutely amazing piece

I have been procrastinating on making this post for weeks because putting my art out into the world for people to see is TERRIFYING! But I put too much work into this not to share it!

This sculpture is inspired by the song NOT ENTIRELY ALONE by The Narcissist Cookbook (@narcissistcookbook). Specifically, it is my take on Gift From God, made in my spare time with glitter and clay and (my best approximation of) leftover scraps of dying stars. This is my attempt at depicting the human soul: vibrant, ever-shifting, and shot through with light.

NOT ENTIRELY ALONE was the first TNC song that I heard, and they have rapidly become my favorite musician. Their music brings me hope and inspiration, makes me feel understood and less alone. These are hard times to live in, but I made this sculpture as a reminder that no matter how hard the times, we are never alone.

The backpack opens, and is full of little tiles with lyrics that are meaningful to me from various TNC songs written on them. I forgot to get any pictures of them, or of the LED star in the chest lit up in the dark, because I was working down to the wire to finish this in time to give it to Matt at the Boston concert last month! I literally took the picture with the star lit up in the line outside the concert venue, lmao.

I hope that other fans find this post! If you haven't heard of The Narcissist Cookbook, but like the sculpture and are curious about what inspired it, please give this song a listen!

If anyone is curious about what materials I used or my process for making it, just let me know! I'm happy to share more :]

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My (nearly a week late) journal page from seeing @bughuntermusic and @narcissistcookbook !!

The page is a little chaotic but I had such a fun time at the show and definitely could have done a full 2 page spread about it but did not have the forethought for that. This was my first time using watercolors in my journal as well!! Very happy with it, and I truly hope I captured the whimsical chaos of their sets.

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Hey! My roommates and I are driving 4.5 hours to come see your concert tonight in st Louis. Two of us were at your Kansas City concert last year, and we're dragging along a couple more. We can't wait to see yall there!

St Louis more St LET'S DO THIS

tonight is going to be great, the same venue as last year with a bigger crowd and a sick pizza place down the block

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saw a small band - roughly on my level, playing a lot of the same venues to a lot of the same fans - launch a patreon-style subscription service a few days ago and part of their marketing for it was "it's not another fucking Patreon"

in the comments they double down on it, encouraging people (playfully but not ironically) to cancel patreon subscriptions to subscribe to their own subscription service

and like. i know everyone has a patreon. i know it's a meme. it also literally gives tens upon tens of thousands of small artists a means of supporting themselves and focusing on their art full-time.

i'm a big fan of these guys. they're one of my favourite acts from the last five years. but you don't get to take a shit on how annoying patreons are while simultaneously launching something functionally identical to a patreon. it feels wildly self-serving and anti-community for this act that prides themselves on being pro-community and pro-small artist

anyway. not a big deal. just badly judged and a frustrating misstep

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Howdy again, Good morning anon here! This is how I found out that the song: "Good morning starshine, welcome to the world! The earth says hello!" Is not a universal experience. My apologies for my Midwest wackyness. But hey! Fun fact!

is this about the nursery rhyme ask? i am so co fused hekp

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I brought my mom to y’all’s concert in NC. It was a wonderful experience, we both had tons of fun! However, she is now constantly messaging me or confronting me with a tone of incredible importance and I’m like what’s going on. She looks me dead in the eye, grins, and says “My Ass Is A Dumptruck” and doubles over crying she’s laughing so hard.

Anyway, thanks so much for the show! My mom says it’s one of the best she’s seen (same here). 🫶

HELL yes, mothers love me

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And all uploaded!! Friends in My 30’s a Jam Mechanics song animatic!!

Hope you enjoy!! @bughuntermusic @narcissistcookbook

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Howdy! I saw you at the Raleigh show and it was awesome! I have a question about GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE (one of my faves). Is the nursery song bit different due to localization or did you change it for a specific reason?

what nursery song bit? :/

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I forgot to say in person but BRUH the, idk what to call it, guitar power mode?? Settings you have for heavier sections of songs in concert this year fucking RIPS I want it injected directly into the space between my eyes on a drip thank you please

thank you!! i bought 11 (ELEVEN) distortion pedals trying to find one that works with an acoustic guitar before i found one that doesn't sound like balls (negative). i returned all the others

MOJOMOJO Overdrive! it's even pretty cheap

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girl same

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Hi! ( I may have asked this before but I can’t remember. Apologies if so) So I know that you added in the « don’t-s » from the song Moth into MATADOR from HYMN- and you once said that you wanted to keep hiding that bit in future tracks of future projects. Did you ever end up following through with that ? I’m curious because I’ve not heard it in TIHWGB or MYTH.

the honest answer is that i totally forgot, and now it would be silly to start doing it again

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Saw your show, but in the daze of meeting people and merch lines I forgot to ask you: would you consider NIN as one of your inspirations? In many songs I feel you have a cadence/vocal quality similar to Trent Reznor.

oh wild! no one has ever made that connection before

so, kinda is the answer. i was never huge into NIN but i do love his delivery. he uses vocal dynamics in a similar way to me.