got the lineup down for the ambient album, "Sleeping with [+ROSS]" so that might even come out before "No Standard Model" or else I'll do the time-honored double-release. I guess about a week before NSM goes to print I'll post the reminder up here (then edit it later to include the link for purchase) with the official cover art for the album. it's a motif for this one, the theme being digital/decay with these faded digitized images, really cool stuff in my opinion. i can't wait to read your reviews of all this, the songs (the ones you haven't heard already lol), the art, the stuff.

i'll give you some hints, some wackiness: this thing's like an album by Rush or Yes in this way - it's got 6 tracks. The last three tracks are all over 10 minutes long, and the last one will probably end up being 30 minutes long - 25- minute song plus outro plus a secret song. also a few of the songs are doubled-up with other songs to create a narrative of the whole album, little ambient outros, even a trance song at the end of one of them. yes, trance. it's like a concept album that way, just remember: "No Standard Model" because it goes from one genre to another, sometimes inside individual songs! ("On An -Ism" and "Sick, Tired, Down" specifically, right? even "This is It (The Title)" has that kind of dynamic to it, poppy at first and then wham! rock. rock on. fuck yeah.

so, thanks everybody for the interest in the new stuff, and keeping it real. thanks for keeping me making music. it's been my best support system during what has been a really trying time. over the years i've heard from a lot of you that my music helps you thru shit, helps you deal with all of the horrors that life is intent on offering, and i'm really glad to have heard all of that. it helped me get through his myself, and we're not even all the way there. ;) so i just wanted to say that, it's a two-way street, being an artist this way, i give all of you some music to get you through your day, and your enthusiasm for it helps me through my day, which in turns helps me make more music... and the cycle continues :)

lots of love,

[+R]

p.s.: HOW MANY FUCKING GALLONS?!