Wassup!

I tend to start off Tidings with talk of the weather, and this week is no different. Milwaukee is finally breaking loose its frosty persistence in exchange for a fluctuating turn of phase from spring to summer. That all goes to say: this is good, and I am glad.

Over the past week of warmcold, two exciting things happened within the realm of independent music: the first is the public launch of Subvert.fm, and the second is the release of my latest single "Chef Eats Last." For the former, I wrote an extensive overview about it from a musician's perspective, having stayed tuned over the past two years to the platform's development. For the latter, the track literally dropped 5 hours ago. It's up on all platforms already—I'll have a tidier newsletter to send out with more words than just the casual mention here in Tidings very soon.

📝New Blog Post(s):

This article is a slice of my observations being a Founding Member of Subvert.fm that I wanted to share with folk who don't exist within the small pocket of music culture that this platform is emerging from. I included a table of contents at the top so you can hop around and skim if you want to. I think I covered most points in the post, but there are plenty of other resources online to learn more about the co-op if you're still curious. I also might be able to answer some questions if you want to drop a reply on the post or via email.

New song:

Chef Eats Last was served earlier today. You can hear my latest original anywhere you get your music. Clicking the cover brings you to Bandcamp for quality lossless listening. Best heard in headphones.

I intend to put out liner notes with more info about the release later this week up on (In)Sitze; stay tuned!

↻/Now:

Stuff I've been watching/reading/listening to/doing lately and other news to your ears. Visit the /now page for real-time updating micro-activity!

• 📺Nothin
• 📖bloomscrollin'
• 🎙️Pods: Blindboy, Galaxy Brain
• 🎵 Lots of great albums dropped! Some stuff I liked from this week were "Now You Exist" by The Field, "Happy Today" by Jeff Parker & EVAIVtet and Little Wide Open by Kevin Morby.
• 🎮Got to try out Crimson Desert. Epicc!

Until the next cycle,

and so on ➿

~Alex